The difference between playing the stock market and the horses is that one of the horses must win.
God has been replaced, as he has all over the West, with respectability and air conditioning.
Every country I would go to, even if it was just on a modeling job, I would go to their markets. If I went to Morocco for 'Elle' magazine, I would be in the spice markets during my off time and just come back with a suitcase full of stuff that I really wanted to try.