Yesterday, we went to the beach here in Cartagena. We reserved a small tent with chairs under it, and within minutes it had turned into a mini-mall of exotic wares and services. A group of middle-aged black women surrounded us offering massages, saying "so tensh, so tensh!" I found out I am not a forceful person, because this one man started breaking open oysters, opening up my hands, putting them in my hands, and raising them to my lips. After I ate three oysters, he tried to charge me 17 dollars. I told him I wasn't paying anything. He just sat next to me for awhile, until I gave him two dollars to go away. He did the same thing to ryan. I wonder what that guy puts on his resume. Oyster Conman. Oyster Forcefeeder.

After that, I decided to get a massage from the nice ladies. Honestly, they had no idea what they were doing and probably just saw videos of massages on tv and tried to replicate them. They kept saying "mucho trabajo!" implying that i work hard and that is why i am so tensh. but it was pretty fun and finny, and we got some great pictures which neil will hopefully be uploading pretty soon.

Last night we went out to a bar called La Havanah. It is a cuban bar, with an amazing live band that plays I guess salsa music every hour. The people are really beautiful and the girls all dance realy well. It is probably the best bar I've ever been to, except for Gene's Place.

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