dominican journal

Today is a public holiday which meant I could afford to go to bed a little later than usual last night. To celebrate the occasion we decided to go to a casino and waste a bit of money. It was a relatively small place with twenty or so slot machines, a few poker, blackjack and roulette tables, and numerous bar staff with stupidly big silicon breasts and ridiculously small mini skirts.

I went with a couple of thousand pesos (about 40 Euros) and started off pretty well. After about an hour on the roulette table and half an hour of blackjack I was up 3500 pesos and feeling rich. I should really have cashed in my chips and stopped playing at that point but they kept offering me free drinks so I kept gambling.

By 2AM I’d completely run out of chips so Martin (who was doing pretty well) gave me 1000 pesos to keep going. That was a bad idea because I lost all that too! Anyway it was all good fun and a worthwhile lesson learned: avoid gambling but if you really must, at least collect your winnings before you lose them!

When we left, Sophie cashed in about 5000 pesos while Martin went home, pockets bulging, with 17000 pesos (that’s about 340 Euros!).