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28 Ocotober 2008: OOT for the week

We are out of town down in Cancun for a week at the AAU National Convention. Tough job but someone has to do it.

After checking in on Tuesday and getting settled we decided to take a cab down to the restaurant district to check out a little nightlife. Everywhere you go there are people on the street trying to pull you into their establishments and they all want to make a deal.

It is a little slow in Cancun right now so I am not sure if they are as aggressive in the busy season. As soon as we stepped out of the cab 2-3 guys wanted to sell us tickets to Congo Bongo, some kind of a show that boasts quotes from NYT, LAT and others about how great the show is.

Forty-five dollas a ticket, but we make you a deal. Forty for the women...thirty five...but the guys are still forty-five...forty. We decline but they still hover. I am sure the show is good but not today, so we crossed the street where we were pulled in by more of the bar rip tide.

It did not take long and a buy one get one free deal got us in the door. That turned out to be the last stop of the night for us. We hung out, had some drink, had some dance and a few shots but I learned one lesson. It is best to pay as you go when drinking down here. At the end of the night the tab seemed a bit higher than we thought but we were stuck.

Ah I am rambling and do not want to go down that path. Here are a few pix from the bar.

The beers came in buckets and we used the same bucket to keep the margaritas cold we did not have to take a chance with the ice, so far so good.

From time to time everyone in the bar got in a congo line and danced out of the bar into the street and back into the bar again. After coming back into the bar everyone crammed onto the stage where the wait staff poured tequila for the patrons, no glasses needed.

With everyone dancing on the stage they shot the crowd with a can of CO2.

More tomorrow.

salute,

john