Bond, James Bond

Went trekking - great views, good exercise. Enough of that.

Third night in the casino. Great place for speaking the lingo and getting quietly plastered.

However, last night was a tad special. Went with a 100 pesos. Played the slots for a while and ended on 200 pesos. Played a weird poker game lost 50 pesos. Played roullette lost 100 pesos in one spin - oops. Down to 50 left. Played blackjack won 50 pesos.

Now for the James Bond moment. Played craps. Lost 70 pesos - down to 30 pesos. My turn to roll the dice. i have never in my life gone on a winning streak like this, even when i won a shitload in vegas - i started with alot more. Bit of a tragedy this was in pesos but was comfortably my best gambling session.

I bet on 4,5 9, 10 and double 3 and double 4 you win if you hit these but lose all if you roll a seven. It's a bit more complicated than that but that's the gist of it. I rolled double 4 - pays 9 times. Rolled a 4 pays a bit, the rest i don't remember but i didn't roll a seven for about 30 rolls - unfu**inbelievable (it should happen 1 in 6), by the time i'd finished i reckon i had tipped the croupiers about 300 pesos which left me with..............

2500 pesos. To put this in perspective that's a month of free living. (415 quid)

Now from a start of 30 this is a bit of a beauty. Even more amazingly i didn't carry on - cashed in , i wasn't the only one - a couple of other players followed suit, they didn't up the ante as much but won about a 1000. For one of them, Diego, this was almost a months wages - he was practically in tears - quality. Went to the bar together, I bought a bottle of fizz and then drank free lager with them for quite a while.

Missed my tour. Today is a day of nothing. Tomorrow i'm off to Cañon Atuel for the day - supposed to be beautiful. Yesterday life was truly beautiful.