We live, baby. Hello, hello, hello, and welcome
to the Are We Cancel Yet? The official Are We
Cancel Yet? podcast with your host, JoJo. And
your girl, Tamika, a .k .a. Encore, a .k .a.
freshly back from vacation and feeling amazing.
She's so extra. A .k .a. Meek Meek. She's so
extra. um this is the podcast for those i don't
know say something that was you you started look
y 'all look this just listen we did that the
last couple times we didn't okay i was about
to run it back I wanted to specifically say this
is the podcast for those that are going through
some shit in the world and making the best of
it. Also, shout out to Black History Month. Yeah.
Black History Year. Let's start there. Black
History Year. First of all, he tried to take
it away and then give it back. How do you take
something away and then try to give it back as
if, hey, let me gift you with something. I didn't
even know he tried to give it back. Yeah. It
was so funny because the NAACP posted the memo
that he sent around. They took a red pen to it.
Let's go ahead and fix this up for you, babes.
Got some spelling errors there. Listen, well,
we are celebrating every day. yeah we are but
extra extra black y 'all black y 'all black this
february also so this is the vacation pod wait
but before we get into that can we all right
so we started out the year with so much shenanigans
but these planes We are on number seven. Hear
me out. As of today. I started out for the real
suspect. Okay? There's some stuff going down.
It's not adding up. You know I'm going in my
bag when I'm talking like this. Okay? It's not
adding up. So then there was the crash. I said,
who was on the flight? That was my first question.
Who on there? But my mom was like, no, no, no.
This is just one of those freak accidents. Sad
to all those that lost loved ones going through
hard times physically, mentally, emotionally
and spiritually. Let's take a moment of silence.
OK. Mom said this is just a freak accident. OK.
Shit happens. Understand that. But then there
was another one and another one. And another
one. And now I'm like, wait a minute. What's
going on here? Getting sticky in this bitch.
I was about to do the music, but I'm not trying
to get sued. We don't have the money for that.
Speaking of that, before we go into it, special
shout out to our sponsors. Insert here when we
get them. whoever you are um so yeah i'm just
like it's a lot it's a lot oh oh but wait this
is what i said it's a lot of things being publicized
so what's going on on the back end explain what's
happening that we don't know about it's always
something Oh, you mean when it's a lot of stuff
that's on the forefront of media, then it's always
something in there? Yeah. So what's going on
in the back? We're going to find out. Listen,
everything, everything in the dark will come
to light. We're going to find out. Oh, oh, oh.
Okay, so. Okay, so we're not going to get into
it on this episode, but. I know y 'all remember
us talking about the Chris Brown documentary.
Now, latest news is Chris, Christopher Maurice
Brown is suing. Yeah. Okay. And then it also
says in there. Any money that, you know, is won
from the case will be donated towards women who's
been abused. Oh, why am I finding just little
snippets of stuff? I had no idea. Yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah. But we will wait to report on that
until more unfolds because I'm tuned in. Oh,
that's hilarious. I'm tuned in. They even got
a couple of documents that I need to. Read over.
Really? Chris said, play with your mammy. Don't
play with me. Oh, she looking into the document.
Baby, I can't wait. It's just so much stuff.
And then again, this is going to have to be another
episode because we're going to have to break
this down. This is going to have to be over a
course of episodes. That when we get into the
new Love is Blind, all Netflix did was announce
who the new participants were. And it's already
some drama. Because there's no black people.
No, no, no, no, no. It's actually, it's a good
amount for TV. I would say it's a good amount
for TV. I was scrolling through and I was like.
Yeah, it's a good amount for TV. I believe there
are at least four or five black women, but I
said men. Oh, men. Oh, no. I didn't see not one.
No, it's not black men, but forget all that.
Forget all that. It's juice already. Get all
that. It's juice already. It's so many women
coming out. You know, don't date them girl sites.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. What? I'm like getting crazy.
I'm not even in those. I was in girls group for
a minute on Facebook, but I got kicked out because
I wasn't juicy enough. Girl, well, I'm not in
them neither. But what's being reported is a
lot of the men that were announced are in those
sites. The girls are coming out. I'm like, dang,
they didn't even air the season. We can't. We
can't. Let's reel it in. Because we're going
to start. That's all I know. That's all I know.
Because I got things to add, but I can't. Yeah,
you can. I don't even talk about it until we
get to that part. Oh, well, we really can't even
talk about it till the daggone show. We got some
stuff. I always got some stuff. Baby. Oh, okay.
Oh, good segue. Because... Oh, that was absolutely
absurd. That was so ladylike. What the heck was
that? You should be. It felt great. I gotta gather
my thoughts. It felt great. You know how I feel
about public displays of gas. Better out than
in, I say. Alright, Shrek. Alright, look. Love
is blind. We talking about love. I don't even
know which one. I got a comment about my little
dating situation. What did the comment say? The
comment said, so you asked Shorty about his love
language and then told you you didn't even acknowledge
it. You just went on to yours. And I was like,
damn, that's true. I did it. So did I do something
wrong there? It's jumping in. My plan was to
acknowledge it. I acknowledged it a little bit
in my response, talking about mine. But also
was I wrong here to respond and be like, oh,
that's yours? Well, these are mine. This is how
I feel in the, I can't even say hopes, but with
the intent. with deeper conversation oh the how
you feel oh yeah well why is this yours blah
blah blah but i didn't acknowledge it so i was
like dang do i not know how to talk well maybe
maybe a different approach to it would would
possibly have been based off of the comment maybe
um maybe when he you know expressed a love language
because clearly he didn't ask about joy so he
didn't give But maybe if you were like, oh, that's
interesting. Tell me a little bit more about
this. Like, why is this important to you? Oh,
yeah. I wasn't supposed to do that. Yeah. Maybe
act like you care. Oh. Okay. But honestly, don't
force it. If it ain't with them, don't force
it. I care. Number one. I do care, though. I
do care. I feel like. I'm so used to having to
lead or continue the conversation that I was
just like, OK, let me do it and then throw in
the next topic. It's like if I ask someone, what's
your favorite kind of pizza? And they're like,
I like Hawaiian pizza. And then I'm like, oh,
I like pepperoni pizza. But, you know, Hawaiian
is pretty good from time to time. Do you not
find it like a clash of flavors in your mouth?
That's how you would do that. That was my thoughts.
That's really, that's, that's an interesting
perspective. Me, myself, I am not a question
person. You get to, you get three questions from
me and three is pushing it before I just tell
you, you working for the feds? Why are you asking
me so many questions? That's why it's good that
you're in a relationship. It's great that I'm
in one. That's why, because you won't have nobody.
I think I would because I was the same way when
I was dating. Oh, that was a long time ago. It
wasn't that long ago. That was a while ago. Actually,
I'm still dating. Tip number three. Okay, okay,
okay. It's cute. It's cute. And you can do it.
Snap. Snacks for the black couples out here in
healthy relationships that argue every once in
a while just to make up. We love that for you.
Period. Okay. Vacationing abroad for my late
birthday trip. Just a little tip for all those
December babies that want to turn up on a budget.
Go on ahead and celebrate in January. Because
it's very cheap. It's kind of. Kind of. It depends
on where you go. Okay. All those who got birthdays
at the end of December that want to turn up but
not break the bank. Celebrate in January. Because
it's cheaper. Everywhere. Kind of. Unless you
stay at home. It's kind of cheaper everywhere.
It's cheaper everywhere. I would say for those
December babies who want to turn up and don't
break the bank, celebrate in March. Because your
birthday is an inconvenience. Thank you. It was
real funny how you was doing it. And I was like,
is that how I do it? It's a real inconvenience.
And then you say March. Ain't nobody got time
for that. I was pushing it going to January.
January. As you can see, it's a lot that goes
on in January. And then you got taxes. People
got to owe stuff. And then you can't do February
because February is Valentine's Day. And then
for those of you who are single who want to hang
out with your girls, Galentine's Day. And y 'all
actually spend money on that? Anywho, so March
would be better. Are we not hanging out? I'm
playing. I was just about to say, did we hang
out last year? No. I'm about to go find a date.
Yeah, do that. Wait, you're going to be in Ohio.
You got a date. I'm about to go find a date.
Okay, we getting into vacation. Okay, come on.
Take a little bit of time. Come on. First off,
kudos to me for planning because I did that.
Let's stop right there because what we're not
going to do on this podcast right now is lie.
Did they not see the itinerary? Did you post
it? Did you make the itinerary? Did you even
put things together in a cohesive manner that
made sense? No. I put a post -it note and I gave
it to you. And it didn't make sense? I said,
this day, the activity... this day that activity
look let me tell you and let me tell you why
her days didn't make sense that she wanted certain
activities on because she did not look into the
fact that oh they're on opposite sides so we
can't do that and then make it over here in time
for this oh this one starts at this time and
it lasts this time when i would ask her questions
about the times that uh excursions last and how
long it would take to get from point a to point
b she'd be like oh it's that long all of this
sounds like irrelevant how is that irrelevant
i had everything also she has been planning this
for what a year now and i kept telling her i
plan thailand okay let's be honest okay but look
the thing about it is we did not change that
at the last minute you literally changed your
mind in may you changed your mind in may You
switch it over in May, which is ample amount
of time to get stuff together. I said, Tamika,
your birthday is near the holidays. We need to
go ahead and start paying for stuff now. You
also got to realize, regardless of the fact of
how much things cost, it's all a mental thing.
When you pay things ahead of time and you pay
it in increments and you're not paying it all
at once, it feels like nothing. When you pay
it all at once, it feels like a lot. I repeat.
Which is what we did. Which is what we ended
up doing. Because somebody is unorganized. I
repeat. Kudos for me. To me. For bringing this
trip together. Because what I did. And what I
encourage everyone else to do. Is to piss me
off. Besties with the type A. personality, individual
that likes organizing, that likes spreadsheets,
that's a control freak. So you can sit back and
live in your femininity. Also, one, that is called
manipulation. Let's just start there. Two, I
do not enjoy doing that. I do not enjoy doing
that at all. I actually prefer to pay somebody
to do that. Let's just start there. Type three,
I'm not about to go to another country unorganized.
because the last thing i need to be is hemmed
up somewhere okay four i ain't going on that
nair another trip with you or suzy and and this
is a this is a matter of fact this is another
test to see if suzy actually listens to the podcast
and not just the first two episodes suzy i'm
not going on another trip with your ass neither
and i'm not gonna clip this because i need to
know if you really be listening This is a personal
ad for JoJo. Watch out, ladies and gents. She's
taken. She's mine. No. Breaking up. Traveling
around the world. Traveling around the world
together. Only traveling around the world with
one person. No, two people and two people only.
Oh, my gosh. This is a test for Cookie. My man,
my man, my man and Cookie. Cookie actually watches.
We gonna see. She do. But she probably better
than Suzy. For sure. Cookie, also, she talked
about you the whole trip. Yeah. Cookie wanted
to do that. Cookie. And I called her afterwards
and told her. See? See, that's the thing about
me. I'ma just go with you and Cookie so it evens
out. You gonna be tired if you come with us.
Organize, organize, mess. Good time. I love that
for us. Let's get it to day one of the itinerary.
Oh, I'm hot already. Because it's a lot. It was
a lot. Let me pull it up on my new cellular device
because mine is in the ocean. Don't tell people.
Okay. Tell them what happened yet. Day one of
our Cartana. This is JoJo's doing. 1 .05 a .m.
to 2 .05 p .m. Are you about to break it down
like that? No, we about to go, what actually
happened? I'm not about to break it down like
that, but I want them to know what this looks
like. They've already seen it. I've already posted
a steal my itinerary post. You would know that
if you actually repost it. I saw it. You want
me to go into how I only got half percent of
TikTok left? don't get all right check it so
she doing too much now we uh first of all these
bitches was late let's just start there they
was really pushing it as if they didn't need
to stand in line and get stuff done we had so
much time no i have so much time left i like
to get there early that way i can pee at least
three four times so i'm not peeing on a plane
because peeing on a plane is disgusting And also
my hips is way too big for that little ass bathroom.
That's a fact. Yeah. Ain't nobody got time for
that. Now, when we landed in Cartagena, Colombia.
It was a hot mess. We was in customs for four
hours. And I should have thought about that tip
for traveling. If you're looking at flights and
you see three, four flights that are five minutes
apart. that the price is a little bit different.
Know that all of them are going to get there
at the same time. Also realize that she wasn't
thinking about that at all. She was just looking
at the price. I found that after. That's why
I'm giving everyone tips now so they don't mess
up like I did. No, but the thing about it is
she's not going to learn from her mistakes because
she only goes for the cheaper ticket. She doesn't.
That's why I'm telling. Analyze everything. Don't
do what I do. Because you'll be miserable. But
you will save $55. What the heck? That's how
important it is. Get on my nerves. Don't do what
I do, but do as I say, people. Please. Your life
will be so much better. My God. So much better.
Okay. Customs. Took forever. I thought I met
my little vacation bae, but he was fast. Oh,
dang, what was his name? Don't know. Melvin,
Marvin, Marquise. Probably wasn't under that.
It was something with an M. Yeah, but I was like,
oh, okay, you talk. Okay. he was fast he was
fast he was also uh an um a retired or a veteran
he was a vet fast right how they are when they
get in another country fast and you don't speak
the language what you there for my guy like yeah
fast so that was short -lived that was short
-lived romance that got nowhere and also didn't
start Customs forever. Come from customs. Shout
out to Just Ask Alex Tours because he had our
car waiting for us. I found him because I was
going through TikTok trying to do my research.
There was a few names that kept on standing out.
I inboxed those people. Never got back to me.
There was one that said, hey, try Just Ask Alex
Tours. Hit him up. Responded. Wonderful. He going
to creep up on you, deep voice. You ain't going
to know. That's he don't know. You may go. I
was like, girl, who knows? Nobody know me in
here. Who know me out here? Crazy. But had our
ride ready for us to take a van, that needs to
be noted because the trucks are tiny and we are
not. And we have bags. So pull it up. dropped
us off at the ghl collection arterial something
wait no we go ghl collection ameria real cartagena
there we go yes it was wonderful the staff wonderful
i wouldn't say wonderful but it is um It was
nice. Tamika picked it. Wow. That said so much.
That said so much. It was beautiful. Breakfast
was lovely. And everyone that worked there was
very pleasant. Everybody that worked there was
really nice. Yes. My room did smell strongly
of paint fumes. Oh, so it wasn't wonderful. But
they upgraded me. to a suite with an amazing
view. So I was good. I left with seven spider
bites. I left with zero spider bites. Susie left
with way more spider bites than me. It's Cartagena.
Oh, and her AC didn't work. It would, it would
cut off. It would turn on for a little bit, but
it'll cut off. We had an upstairs downstairs.
And I'm so glad she fought me on going to the
bus. And I was like, cool. Cause then I thought
about it and I was like, oh yeah, I'm gonna be
tired after we get back. That's cool. I'll stay
down below. Glad I stayed on the bottom floor.
Cause when I say it was ice, ice, baby. I was
freezing. I was freezing cold in my room with
no spiders. So me. i would go again i would i
would try somewhere else because i'm like going
to the same places twice but i would still recommend
it especially for a really good price she also
had paint fumes for like the first two days so
because i didn't say nothing some of her brain
cells are that was on me because i didn't say
nothing but had i spoken up they would have got
me out you couldn't say too much the language
oh okay tibet trip advice again A huge shout
out to all these solo travelers. Once upon a
time last year for a good five months, I said,
I am going to be that woman. I am going to travel
to countries I speak none of the language and
I'm going to have the best eat, pray time of
my life. I will not. I will not do that. I was
a fish out of water. I was a deer in the headlights.
Spoken like a true ignorant American thinking
you could go to another country and not know
a little bit of the language. Kudos to my ladies
that helped me down ordering my food, asking
questions, asking how much something costs, getting
around the club. Y 'all the real ones. Y 'all
the real winners of this vacation. All right.
Help me down. You want to know? Who your real
friends are, take them out to country. Oh, for
sure. See if they're going to translate every
little thing for you. I was about to say, if
you want to know who your real friends are, just
go on any type of trip. They do say that. Any
trip in general. I feel that way about relationships
too. You get into a relationship, you really
learn a person when you go. Out the country or
not, not necessarily out the country, but just
on a trip in general or like living with them,
not staying the night, living with them. For
sure. Things change. So first day activities
all went in the trash because we were in customs
for four hours. However, we went to an amazing
restaurant. Oh my God. Oh my God. again tiktok
research youtube research i didn't find it on
tiktok or i saw it on tiktok and usually when
places like that like all right huge following
they nasty yeah and expensive this one i saw
it on a shout out to um shay mitchell um from
pretty little liar she had her own little show
for a little bit on hbo max called thirst i saw
it there oh well the thirst was real and it was
quenched because i had a floral salad with some
type of cashew situation oh my god i just drew
on myself it was one aesthetically beautiful
it was an experience I think my waiter was cute.
I can't remember. He was fit. I do remember that.
I feel like everybody in Cartagena was fit. As
much food as they eat. As much food as they eat.
As much fried food as they eat. You ain't see
not one out of shape body. And anybody that was
that was a little bit larger, they look like
our average American. It was good. Yeah. That
was a wonderful restaurant. Did we go out that
night? Yes, we did. Where did we go? We went...
There was so much. Let me look at my itinerary.
Oh, we just went to Calle Ancho, the street.
Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Walking the block.
wonderful hotel now i'll tell you what you might
have your little flaws but location everything
everything we walked everywhere felt safe um
literally everything was right there so location
alone is a 10 i will say um they did And Europe
is actually like this too. So I can't really
say too much about this. But whenever they take
their trash out, they leave it on the curb, like
in the trash bag on the curb. You didn't smell,
it didn't smell like trash on the street. It
didn't smell like trash. Where we were at, there
weren't too many rats, but that's because there
were a lot of street cats. The street dogs were
gorgeous, beautiful, very mindful. okay the cutest
the cutest they didn't bother you but it's like
that on a lot of islands like jamaica is like
that too um i didn't even think about there weren't
that many mice i think i saw one but it was bad
i didn't think of the cats yeah the cats they
was eating good oh man yeah and oh there wasn't
like i would see the occasional water bug but
i didn't see though i only saw two The whole
trip. I only saw two. Now, lizards on the other
hand. Is there a lizard choice? Baby, listen.
There's lizards. Baby, listen. You had me tripping
that night. I thought I was going to wake up
and the lizard was going to be in my bed. Baby,
listen. And lizards in Cartanacarumbia. Oh. They
really weren't that bad. No, no. Let me paint
the picture. Cartagena, Colombia, January 2025.
Listen, you're walking down Yosemite and you're
going down 15 -something. you look up at the
wall you're like oh this is a beautiful art piece
mind you it's nighttime the art piece moves and
scatters in multiple directions you realize it's
lizards i didn't story i didn't see it no she
ain't see it but i bet you that ass ran when
i ran definitely There's no question there. I
don't care if you saw a fly. You go, I go. No
questions asked. I didn't see any flies. No?
I saw fruit flies, which is actually a great
sign that I saw a lot of fruit flies, which means
everything was fresh. Yes. Food, delish. Next
day. Palenque? Yes. Palenque. Also... Put together
by Just Ask Alex. Swooped us up from the crib
in a van. So not a humongous bus. Love that.
Not too many people. Our tour guide. I'm so upset.
I can't remember his name. What? Don't look at
me. I don't remember his name. I thought she
was like. I don't even remember my homeboy's
name in the last episode we did. I can't find
his name. Oh, you know. I don't remember. He
is. Oh, yeah. Look into your WhatsApp. Mm -hmm.
Yeah, he was really great. He was good. He was
good. Personality was there for sure. Abram.
Moses Abram. Yes. Abram. He's a local. Him, his
family. They took us out. Showed us a good time.
Palenque, absolutely beautiful. The story behind
it, beautiful. The people. Beautiful. The dancing.
Shaking it. All of that. Highly, highly recommend
that tour. Some with cash. Some with cash. Everywhere
you stop at. Which I get it because all of the
money and the proceeds goes back into the people
of Palenque. But when you stop, you learn about
stuff. They will have things that you can buy
at every stop. Which isn't a bad thing. You know,
get it how you live it. But baby, listen. I was
like, this is the first day of the trip. We got
more trip to go. I can only get one thing from
here. Listen, that was it. Take your own pictures.
Oh, yeah. You also can bring water. You can bring
snacks everywhere. Be prepared. They're going
to feed you though. Any excursion you go on,
they're going to feed you for sure. It's included
in most of the price. I was very satisfied with
the food. They're going to feed you for sure.
Lovely, lovely tour. Colors, beautiful. We made
a little music. I'm sure y 'all going to see
the clip somewhere. It was a vibe. It was a long,
hot, After that, drop off at the crib, shower,
and we back out. Wait a minute. Pause. Let's
rewind it back to hot day. I just want to say
this. I think we hit the streets. I just want
to say this to all my brothers and sisters. You
too. Let me just, let me get my thoughts together.
Because this is something that I was also ignorant
about. But now I see the light. I understand
what my white brothers and sisters be going through
on a day -to -day basis. Because the way I got
sunburned. I didn't even know you got sunburned.
I'm peeling. Baby, listen, I didn't know I got
sunburned until I got back, but that's not the
thing. Oh my gosh, I thought it was just me.
If you too have ever been disrespected by the
sun in a way that is just so unfathomable as
a person of chocolate descent, you, you are entitled
to a settlement. Call 1 -800 -WHY -GOD. Why?
we are the chosen ones why now i will say it
didn't hurt i i didn't feel like the touch but
baby was i peeling i'm still peeling i freaked
out look yeah it's still there i freaked out
i got i took a bath that night i was like gonna
put on a little something i woke up in the morning
i looked over i said yeah why is there so many
circles on my body and you know oh yeah think
about it oh my gosh when i tell you oh man i'm
itch i ain't never experienced such i'll be putting
on so many layers i'm like i get out of the shower
i need a layer of baby oil and let me tell you
what's even then i need another baby oil then
i need vaseline because i have braids and my
scalp was exposed no I said, wait a minute. No,
you're kidding. I said, wait a minute. Girl,
I took that comb. I was like this in between.
And it was mainly right here because my other
braids are pretty close. But girl, right here,
I said, no, baby. Don't worry about it. And the
thing about it is we had on sunscreen. wait a
minute is intruder intruder alert intruder alert
we are on the camera no she can't get in the
camera because she ain't signed no documents
for sure and if she do it's her own free will
yeah let that be said right now oh yeah yeah
yeah yeah i'm gonna get back to how my body feels
like trash after leaving oh we got a special
guest get out of my ass wait not you gonna sneak
in i'm gonna clip this gosh she knows she's gonna
be on there she's gonna be like can you take
that out no ain't taking nothing out this is
why people love us so much all of our people
lucky we ain't say your name yasmin pearl she
over there having a heart attack Hilarious. All
right. So, yeah, yeah, yeah. Definitely. Side
effects. Well, I'm going to get to that at the
end. The side effects are coming back. Okay.
America. All right. Boom. We had a lot of plans,
but after being hot all day, somebody had an
attitude. Real bad. No, that wasn't that day.
Real bad. Yeah, because we were supposed to go
to Chocolate Museum. That's what the itinerary
say. Did I have attitude? Yeah, because you was
hot. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. No, that sounds about
right. I need to go home and then we get home.
No, that wasn't a day. No, that was a day. I
need to take a shower. Here's the thing. I need
to take a lot of showers. And when I am overly
hot, agitated. And I don't get into a shower
right away. it's not pretty but this is the one
that says stick to the itinerary dress breakfast
and what does the itinerary say take a shower
and change we didn't go afterwards we did not
go take a shower they immediately wanted to go
and walk around and do something i said oh we
ready no i need a shower attitude and you don't
want to see me with an attitude who the fuck
said that i didn't say that I get real quiet.
No, no. You said I'm irritated. Oh, yeah. That
was the warning. I'm irritated. I'm irritated.
I want to go shower right now. That's the warning
right now. That is the warning. I need to shower
now. That's the warning. If I tell you I'm very,
as a Gemini and as a Gemini woman, I am very
in tune with my feelings and everyone else. should
be very in tune because I let you know exactly
how I'm feeling in that very moment. That was
a warning. I'm irritated. Time to go back to
the crib. She's like, ready? Yeah, because all
I needed was some air and water. Now we made
a knot. It's sitting out at the pool or something.
Alright, next restaurant we didn't get in. Let's
be clear. it's a lot of places we didn't get
in oh anna okay so we didn't get into anna here's
the thing um i looked into anna back in before
thanksgiving so it was maybe first second week
of november and when i looked for january because
that's when i did the reservations for salele
and a couple other places um It wasn't available.
So I was like, oh, maybe it's too far in advance.
No, no, no, no, no. It wasn't available because
it was already booked. They were booked until
March. Book early. Cannot stress that enough.
Any other restaurants, for real. If they're popular,
book them. Yeah, book them. Or you won't be going.
But we decided to stop by anyway. yeah we stopped
by just to see if we could kind of get in now
I will say um the out of town blacks was trying
to get into Anna's and I gotta blame TikTok for
that because you can tell the ones who did TikTok
research for somebody's restaurant for sure they
was like this is where you go yeah it was the
club was outside Anna's that night for sure and
one thing they will not do is not let you in
yeah I mean they they will not I contradict whatever
they're not letting you in they are sticking
to their schedule I love that for them my biggest
thing is when I went up there to talk to the
lady and she spoke clear English me I was I literally
went up to there expecting to speak Spanish greeted
her in Spanish and everything she spoke clear
English I said I don't want to go here right
I said I know I'm not getting in I'm not getting
in clear english not you know what i don't even
i ain't got no question no so we went to another
restaurant which was absolutely disgusting i
don't even remember the name uh matisse it wasn't
disgusting she just she she ordered italian in
a colombian restaurant they had pasta and then
didn't know what carbonara was I had a general
sense of what it was. I did not know it tastes
like nothing. Okay. Easy solution to this. Hot
sauce. I asked, I don't know how many people
for hot sauce. I ended up getting up and getting
my own hot sauce and my own seasoning. Okay,
another tip for Americans. When you go to other
countries, sometimes it may be a little disrespectful
to ask for sauces for certain dishes. It's a
little disrespectful that everything else here
is delicious and flavorful and yours tastes like
paper. What I didn't do is send it back, which
is usually what I would do. But I was on vacation
and I didn't know what was going to happen to
me if I sent it back. Okay? let's talk about
you ordering a chicken sandwich and getting a
hamburger all right clearly you're not listening
and you spoke Spanish and Susie ordered my food
for me yeah now I will say that was crazy I'm
like um I literally like we literally broke it
down I even asked you what came oh no on top
of that wait a minute but wait there's more why
I get my food in this coat excuse me can you
please that was crazy comes back out and it is
still not hot like what did you do with it they
sat it on the counter and waited listen here
my food was out please don't let this credit
card charge go through please somehow some way
run it me leaving and not work because it was
disgusting oh Tip. Speaking of credit card charges,
when you go to Cartagena, I know a lot of people
was saying, you know, put your money on a gift
card. Don't do that. It ain't gonna work. At
least not with an American Express gift card.
Also, go ahead and exchange that money. Go ahead
and exchange that. As much as you think people
want USD, they don't give no fucks. I don't think
anybody wants USD. Nobody. Other countries be
like, yeah. USD is worth something. They said
COP. That's what we want. I don't think anybody
told you that they wanted USD. I think Jamaica.
I think when I went to Jamaica. Or it was just
like money. We would just take all the money.
I don't know what it was. I don't know. Well,
most of the time on resorts, they do take USD
because you're on a resort and they can just
give it back to the people who were frequently
at the resort, but I don't know. Go ahead. You
went to think of it. You went to think of it.
Go ahead and get that C -O -P locked down. So,
that was disgusting. Then we went to a club.
We went to two clubs. We went to a monkey bar
and a bar with Miko. Alright, I'm going to make
this story quick. If you want me to go into detail,
I'll go into detail. I almost got ate him. This
is how I see it. This is how I see it. Shorty
come up to me in the club. He's cute. He's like
37. He bilingual. Okay, you Colombian. Yeah.
Yeah. So we're talking. A little flirty. Okay,
okay, okay. My people stay in the back. It looks
like I'm by myself because they left me on the
dance floor by myself. So, little Shorty come
talk to me. Okay. I see his table. He real close
to the people at his table. They're all older.
Okay. Older people like to party. He say, this
is not my girlfriend that I'm with. Okay. That's
the lady to the left. That's my aunt. He's like,
it's my aunt. We celebrating her birthday. We
celebrate my other aunt's birthday. That's my
uncle right there. They like, I don't know, 56,
57 at the club, at the three tier club. That's
my aunt. I said, okay, okay. And this is my mama.
Is it your mama? First of all, while she's having
that interaction, me and Susie staying back looking
and we like, why is he holding his girlfriend's
hand and trying to holler at Tamika? Not knowing
that he already told Tamika that that was his
mom. Like you hold her hand under the table.
So you can only imagine. Is it your mama or your
mommy? You can only imagine what that looked
like if we're questioning, why is he holding
his wife's hand while he's talking to Samika?
And then, not to jump ahead, but just to give
you a little context of why we were questioning
that, they were dancing like as a group. Hold
on, don't dance with them. No, no, no, I'm talking
about after that. Oh, okay, yeah, yeah. The auntie,
the uncle, the other lady, and then the mama,
and then the son. um she goes in and does this
like while they're dancing on him like and we
looking like i'm just like this is giving how
to seek it's giving incest like i was just like
okay uh i just Like, okay, this is where it started
to turn. First, I'm like, all right, maybe y
'all just some old, trying to get some little
freaky -daky or some shit. I don't know. I'm
out of town. I'm going to flirt with you. I ain't
going to lie. I'm going to flirt. I ain't going
to do nothing. I ain't going to do nothing. But
I flirt all day. So he's like, oh, so you're
here by yourself? No. No, no, no, no, no, sir.
I'm definitely not. These are my friends right
here. Friends. Friends, come over here. And we
looking like. I'm like, no, this is whoever.
I wish I remember that. Hey, this whoever, you
know, no, I'm not here by myself. The conversation
starts to slow down. He starts to spread apart
a little bit. Okay. Now you go into your table.
You got some calls and you're like, all right,
we about to go. Oh, are you like, what was, what
were your intentions here? Was you trying to
snatch me up? Wait a minute. The whole family.
But wait, the way the auntie. And again, we was
back. They was having their interaction. We over
here thinking like, what's going on? Oh, they
trying to get her for like for a third type situation.
The auntie is on the opposite side of the table.
Also holding her man's hand and literally looking
Tamika dead in her face like this. And I'm looking
like. They into some weird midsummer sacrifice
type. There's something happening here. But I
boiled it down to cannibalism. Because that's
what it was giving. I was like, one, I've seen
a million sex trafficking posters since I've
been here for two days. Take it seriously. So.
I'm like, it ain't too many thick ones in here.
I understand I ain't got on as much clothes as
maybe you feel like I should. And I'm dancing
by myself in the middle of the flow. Understandable.
I don't think I'm your target, but you're trying
to take for that market? I don't know. Baby,
listen. But I do know you could eat for days.
Cannibalism was... oh my god y 'all got some
money and people be doing some stuff I felt like
they would have used you for like a goat sacrifice
or something really I am a goat Capricorn next
oh see you thought I was talking about she that
guy yeah that too that was clever yeah that was
really clever so that ended our night no no no
then we went to monkey bar let music let the
music was nice the ambience was not there i met
some i met a friend oh and he's actually from
california shout out shorty shout out baker's
field over there what's up um but music was fire
so if you want to just go chill hookah i was
like come on oh yeah but we don't bring to columbia
that's exactly what it was giving because that
was atlanta That's exactly what it was going
to be. And then we carried our butts. I'm not
even going to hold you, though. The fact that
it's called Monkey Bar and it plays all R &B,
hip -hop, Black American music just didn't sit
right with me. What are your intentions? And
everyone that was in there was a Black American.
For sure. But I'm not going to read too much
into that because... i'm not after that what
roam the streets back to the korea next day early
wake up breakfast shower breakfast out island
tour no Oh, my gosh. We went to the volcano.
Man, we did so much on this trip. We did so much.
And we actually booked that one through Experiences.
Yes, yes, yes. We met them at the pier situation.
Yes. We walked to them. Pick us up on the bus.
boom or van i can't remember yeah it was like
it was like a smaller van okay okay yeah another
van we go to a mud volcano that experience was
wonderful it was great uh and to the short i
know y 'all ain't gonna see this but to the ones
that call me fat in spanish baby we pulled up
i know what you said we pulled up out the van
and suzy was like a little bit ahead of us so
me tamika talking or whatever and then all i
hear is gordita and i was like what the fuck
they said gordita i was like they just called
us b and then they said i was like they just
said big asses but i also took it that i just
had a big ass so jokes on you because she do
jokes on you I ain't take none of the services
and you ain't get my tip. I ain't take none of
the services. Do you need this? No. No. No. But
what I did take is the man rubbing my body in
that mud because he was cool. Y 'all probably
saw because I put a little snippets of how we
was. My girl was getting her life. We turned
around like, where Tamika at? Listen, floating
on top of the mud. They say. Fall backwards.
I flew backwards. They slid my ass like a...
Honey, I ain't do that. He told me to do that.
I said you fall backwards. No, I already knew.
I was like, I got my tip ready. I want to rub
in the mud and I want the ladies after you stand
there, take your time. Get those healing properties.
Rub it in wherever. Okay? Also take your time
walking down them steps because you will fall.
Slippery. flip or read and if you get there shout
out to angel with backpackers we got there at
a decent time before the big crowd came um because
really it doesn't matter who you book it through
they only have three time increments that they
send people out there um and what i noticed a
lot with the excursions with cartagena they don't
do a lot of stuff after 5 p .m i don't know why
but i'm here it's oh well if it's water -based
the waves get crazy yeah if it's water -based
it's because of the waves but i'm not sure why
with the with the land excursions because even
the zoo was like that you know the zoo the zoo
closed at 4 4 30 i guess they like sundown you
know that's cool yeah all right are we breaking
this up into two because we only on day three
I think we can cut it off here and if you want
to hear more about our experience in Colombia
you'll just have to shout out to stick around
for a part two which will be next week but there's
a lot there's a lot that we did a lot more a
lot of shout outs a lot of recommendations so
stay tuned Okay. So cool. So that brings us to.
Oh my gosh. Unpopular opinion. Yeah. Do you want
to do it? No. She get on my nerves. She do one
unpopular opinion. I think she doing. I'll do
it. So unpopular opinion with Jojo. My unpopular
opinion is and listen to me. Listen to me. Well,
it is easier to make friends. In your 30s than
it is in your 20s. What? I feel like you just
pulled it out of your ass because there's no
way. Listen and listen to yourself. Like legit
friends, I guess. That's what you're trying to
say. Exactly. Now that we got that out of the
way, see you next time for part two in Are We?
Yes. I was like, we probably like two hours in
this bitch and ain't got nowhere. It's three
o 'clock. Stop. I ain't even hit end yet. Nope.
Y 'all getting a little bonus. Bye y 'all. Bye.