So I thought, if they do it in Australia, a developed nation, why can't I do it here in Peru with an alpaca.

It sounds as though you enjoyed Peru.

Well, in Peru you had to negotiate like that to get the freshest fish at the market.

How do you measure the impact of the Peace Corps when two volunteers befriend a poor adolescent boy and he grows up to become president of Peru?

A lot of what I experimented with in Peru became part of my repertoire later on.