to get this things working again. stay tuned…
looks like i’ll be here in africa until early april…
i had a day-long layover on my trip to mozambique, and i found a cheap (but surprisingly nice) hotel near the johannesburg airport. it worked out perfectly, as today was a rainy day. So, i slept through the rain storms and erased my jetlag. nice one.
i found out that the hotel is attached to a large casino. nice, cheap restaurants, and of course, gambling. so after a nice Indian meal (South Africa, Durban in particular, has arguably the best curry outside of India. )
and to kill some time, i gambled. I am anything but a gambler. i only wanted to spend $20-40 bucks on slot machines, and i stupidly kept playing through my winnings. i was up about 50% at one point and should have gone to bed, but i kept plaing. i decided to spend 15 Rand on an old school machine. i blew through most of it quickly and bet all three of my last Rand on one spin.
And I won.
4000 Rand. That’s only about $600, but it’s more than enough to pay for about a month’s accommodation on the beach!!
It was a nice omen for a good trip.
Of course, now i’ve just jinxed myself!
i’ll be out of town for the rest of this year.
this is exactly where i’ll be
please come out to visit. i mean that!