Forgive Me Father, For I Have Sinned..

Yep.

First of all, please forgive me for the following.. my grammar just so happens to be lacking at the moment. Running on no sleep whilst composing my accounts of this evening at 7 am.. I am simply trying to stay awake for the free breakfast at our hostel.. one must take advantage of the eggs (huevos) as they are really hard to come by in my neck of the woods..

Our fast and furious night in Lima was filled (to the brim) with restaurants, bars and MANY crazy/insane locals... One minute I thought we were going to have to fight these guys, the next- we were like best buds.. stories for another time and place though, of course.

Around 2am, after countless Pisco Sours, we venture into the largest of all the casinos in Lima.

Casino Royale, AKA The Deathstar.

Feeling quite saucy, I belly up to the roulette table and pony-up 400 soles (aka mucho american dollars) and put it ALL on Black.

Bad move.

Poor form.

The ball spins round and I anxiously await it´s arrival.

Red 27.

Damn...

So, now, I am over 100 U.S. dollars down. Should I stop??

Yes.

Do I??

No.

Immediately, I saunter on over to the balckjack table (Dad, I know you can appreciate this)..

I sit, with large audience, and continue to gamble for the next three hours..

Long story short- I left that poor, poor casino high and dry..

Winning back the 400 I lost and walking out the door OVER 500 soles ahead.

Vegas, here I come baby..