mud baths!!!!!!

we had heard that it is a must to visit the mud baths of cartageña . . .

and i like to do what i'm told

so we went

it was weird.

about 50 people ended up piling on a bus

it felt a bit gilligan's island for a bit

we arrived at this

which obviously looks like a giant ant hill at first

and also man made

i felt like i had walked into colombia's #1 tourist traps

this is what is at the top of the stairs

you get in and these colombian men tell you to lay back

and then they push your body through the mud

like you are part of an assembly line

they smear mud all over you

and give you a bit of a massage

the mud is so über buoyant it was fun to see how deep you could push someone into it

betsy asked me to push her in, just after this photo was taken

i had no problems completely dunking her

thankfully, she never could push down further than my neck

apparently i am dense :)

getting out of the mud, my bottoms fell down

i'm not sure anyone knew, because it probably

didn't look much different than with the bottoms on

but a few people got mooned . . .

then as everyone was leaving, i decided i needed to dive in

please see video below

we ate here afterwards. . .

my grandma is donna,

and i thought she would love it that i was here . . .

big hugs grandma!!!