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Touring Puerto Plata: Umbrella Street, Rum & Local Flavors | Ep 78 #svaguaazul #boatlife
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Jun 28, 2025
Join us on a fun and colorful trip to Puerto Plata, DR. We explore the famous Umbrella Street, tour a local rum distillery, shop at Jumbo supermarket, and enjoy a relaxing beach bonfire. Chapters: 0:00 Start and bus ride to Puerto Plata 2:30 Town square and local vibes 5:00 Umbrella Street walk 7:45 Pink Street highlights 10:00 Chocolate latte tour 12:30 Rum distillery and tasting 16:00 Jumbo supermarket grocery shopping 20:00 Beach bonfire dinner 24:00 Pool party and local culture 27:00 Final thoughts and goodbyes Blog Post: https://www.chrisdoeswhat.com/boat-repairs-luperon-adventure/ Get content early by becoming our YouTube member https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UUMOZBmn0CZW578hpt4ImB3CRA Follow our boat on NOFOREIGNLAND: https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/5694391589011456
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0:00
okay guys so we're going to Porta
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Platada on a uh little gringo bus tour i
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think it's Yeah I think it is we're
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going to see the umbrellas the pink
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houses
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uh get some go to rum distillery all
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that jazz and get some McDonald's so
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y'all follow along hi everybody
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okay so our DR bus is here and uh
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they're going to turn around and we're
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going to get
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Yeah so man the experience of riding to
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the VR it's like it's like one of them
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arcade games where you're just sitting
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there and you're like dodging different
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things on the road
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yeah it does look weird
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well we made it to town and uh
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it's not as loud but still we were
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outside pretty interesting
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okay we're in Punaana at the downtown no
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we're not this is Where is this this is
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Porta porto Platana
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is a little bit further away we're in
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Porto Plat down at the square and where
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the um cruise ship comes yeah so not
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like we haven't seen an abundance of
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those in our lives we got Statue Man
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over there we got Stilts over here it's
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pretty awesome love lively action going
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on oh yeah this is night day from Lupron
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yeah definitely
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okay so we're at the very top of little
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building in the square
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the mountain views
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great then they say there's a monkey guy
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over here
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oh yeah i see him in the blue shirt
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right there
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okay I think we've had enough of the uh
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the square here and we're going to go
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check out the umbrella and the the pink
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pink street oo it is hot yeah it's so
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much cooler on the boat
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okay guys there's the pink straight it
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looks like uh looks like it's really
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hard to get in there right now
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sometimes the gates are closed
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we're on the umbrella street
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my babe right there
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that is so cool though
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okay so this is the other side of the
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umbrella street we've reached the end
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i'm sorry
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oh yeah
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[Laughter]
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okay guys you got clear all the flags
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my go bag
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this is so cool
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of course the girls are checking out the
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Dominican Walmart
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so we're in the chocolate latte tour and
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they're actually talking about the
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chocolate latte right there
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should be very very quiet
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so he's making the paste now he's got to
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do this for 45 minutes he's a couple
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minutes in i already see him sweating i
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took a bite once i had to brush my teeth
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this thing tastes like dirt
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some sugar
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last time was like a real real bitter
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drink natives they used to What does it
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smell like babe cocoa oh cocoa
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okay we found Wonka as our neighbor over
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here said
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and my wife she's like I'm like I want
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to get some of this
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okay my babe she had the samples she
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liked the 70
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i like it but I think she's going to go
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78 a little bit little bit stouter
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60 that's a milk chocolate no it's dark
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chocolate
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mhm they make the mannequins here a
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little bit more busty
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that's no problems gift shop they have
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no problems in mind
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okay so here they have the uh the the
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from Jurassic Park the mosquito in Amber
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happy hour happy hour and we always have
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happy hour here
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but we're going to go look at the
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mosquito so my wife is going the other
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way but
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we're going to look at the skater b so
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we are now leading the tour yeah we're
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in lead we got a driver
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we're passing the Umbrella Street again
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we're going back to Pink Street maybe
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it's uh more open
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so here we are at Pink Street again
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we're going to try to go in it's this
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way guys so that's what we're doing oh
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wow let me go wide screen oh that is
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pink
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babe
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that's like
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you got you got pants on i'm fine how
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you doing
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so was uh Pink Street everything you
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thought it'd be babe looks like what you
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see in the videos it's really cool
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actually it is really cool reminds me of
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bubblegum bubblegum yeah
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okay got a cigar got me some grape juice
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here
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looking good majana majana no it's not
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majana okay majana
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cheers whatever
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okay guys this place has pretty good
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cigars
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quite expensive so yeah
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the warmer zone okay so guys it's really
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hot out here we made it through we're
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about to go ice cream and then get on
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the bus say empadas yeah we got some
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empadas they were 100 100 pesos each but
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yeah that's a big one okay my wife opted
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for beer versus ice cream it's more of
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an adult oh I I wouldn't eat ice cream
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anyways me either ice cream it hurts my
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teeth yes hurts my stomach
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h we found us some beers and I almost
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broke my neck trying to get in here i
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don't know what it was i think they
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wanted to They put a gringo trap out
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there it was super slick so did this at
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the grocery store
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yeah wasn't fun but hopefully I don't
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drop my beer going out
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back over there you'll see the they're
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doing the traditional dance and the
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traditional gowns and stuff dr i don't
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know how they're not sweating oh yeah
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i'm sweating i'm wearing shorts i ain't
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got a cold beer
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yay the crew is leaving we're going to
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the room tour now
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okay guys we're at the House of Alcohol
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where you can get drunk for
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$8 each
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well it's the House of Rome so
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right there
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okay guys so we're going to enter the
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house of rum here they said no smoking
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or we'll blow up cuz there's alcohol
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reach the house of rum here we are
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entering our aging warehouse for your
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safety smoking bright lights and flash
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photography are not allowed this is a
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bonded warehouse where the 100%
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Dominican was good it was good so I'm
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trying this
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yeah it's good though so many many t
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they're getting resampled here so yeah
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this is all our our rooms right here but
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yeah it is good so we getting Gypsy out
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here and uh yeah this lovely lady salute
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she's uh she's going to be in this uh to
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her family friends she was here getting
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tipsy and made
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Yeah the one who get you drunk
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yeah look at this guy back here he He
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was like in double and triple shot in
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here
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only at the wrong place where they have
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a magic trail to the bathroom
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so we are leaving the rum place
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and uh we're still drinking hand and
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we're going So we're going to go like
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McDonald's now no we're going to Bimbo
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gumbo we're not going McDonald's that's
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okay we're going to Bimbo and then or
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Gumbo or whatever and then McDonald's
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gumbo supermarket
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grocery store guys that's Martian behind
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us we are We are heading to Jumbo my
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babe is excited we're going get some
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food on here is Jumbo
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we made it okay my babe has entered
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Jumbo
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oh she is in awe look at that
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she's like "Oh my gosh
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we don't have enough room on that bus
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she's like "Oh my gosh look at all this
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stuff."
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Do it i have to see what I'm missing
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a big refrigerator
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[Laughter]
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suck
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[Laughter]
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[Music]
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just reminiscing
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okay guys i think we found parchment
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paper
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and now we're looking at I guess chips
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we're not really looking at
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looking at stuff that you can't find in
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our little tiny loop looperon
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but the prices here aren't that bad no
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not now
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honestly this is We paid more in Bahamas
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oh definitely more what's that like $4
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yeah
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we paid almost5 $6
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okay my babes look at pasta that's like
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50 cents
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50 cents
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caribbean's been known to have bugs
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we've already had to throw out throw out
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two
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yeah but 38 pesos
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holy crap
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okay guys i'm still trapped here in the
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grocery store my babe is down there we
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haven't made it past the the processed
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food aisles but we're going okay guys
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we're in the fresh foods now and
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yeah
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oh yeah this is This is This is Dr life
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okay guys as we're looking at the beet
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we've already gotten four of these
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they're not that bad a price so and then
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she's looking at some liver i'm guessing
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she wants some liver
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that's not liver oh no that's really
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That is liver that's liver
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liver my babes looking at potatoes these
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are 38 for a bag
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these are 43 bag the bigger ones
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there okay
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we can get more food in town
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and you want to know what's wild when
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you check out the DR
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beer is in the incaps
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now how often does that happen in the US
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guys
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I was checking out to get my beers
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and this guy paid for my beers i can't
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believe it you know we we pay for other
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people's stuff when we're in front he
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bought my beers they is so amazing
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i'm just trying not to get run over my
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right now but Jumbo this is crazy in
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here jumbo is is awesome jumbo is
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awesome and the DR is awesome guys
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all right you're making me nervous
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okay guys we're back on the boat and the
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grocery damage is what yeah but we
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didn't show what we bought all right
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let me turn off the radio
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you can see that long list was Yeah this
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was meat veggies
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um some cheese
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um tortillas some canned goods um man
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I'm sweating so filet man we got
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something we we spl
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um and it came out to be $8,498
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pesos which equals to about $165
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in American money it wasn't that bad
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that's not that bad so we got enough
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probably meat on board so that's just
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definitely last us a couple weeks or
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more mhm for 165 we've been spending way
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more in town
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but it is also kind of um a trip to go
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there because it's about an hour away so
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we spent $50 getting there with our bus
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trip but that was all Well that was
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because we were doing a trip that was
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fun other than that you could you could
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uh rent a car i don't know $30 whatever
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something like that so yeah but it was a
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lot of fun and uh yeah the now we're
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going to go to the beach here go to the
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beach and have a little bonfire yeah
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with the same crew most of the people
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that we were with
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we're not done no it's the night is
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young all right but uh yeah so we're
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going to just chillax until then we'll
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take you on the beach yep
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okay my babe said she's had a drink but
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we're on the beach it's kind of raining
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we have a fire and we're going to try a
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cook oh yeah and a belly rub
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okay guys my babe is making fries well
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they're not really fries
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but uh just fried potatoes and then
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we're going to have We picked up some
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filet minion filet man look look how I
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mean look at that
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look at that $12 a pound
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so we paid
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1300
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yeah $12 a pound no but what is that in
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pesos pesos 1300 that's pesos
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was it in dollars it's a little less
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than uh It's like It's less than $20
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for two for that fish
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and this was at jumbo in uh porta port
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yeah
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look at him
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over here that's going to be our sunset
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dinner right there
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yep we started to have some dinner on
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out there when it was sunsetting so
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we're going to need some plug
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potatoes and to salad
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okay
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think my ters done right there look at
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them ters
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maybe a little overweight oh no well not
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for you
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but now I got to make some filemen
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get that on
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okay guys i'm in the kitchen got the
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steaks on we're at 1,800 watts of pure
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power yeah but it's
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really I don't know i was at like three
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or four
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oh yeah that's some thick ass uh steak
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right there and then my babe is making a
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salad salad so so steak potatoes and
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stuff yep yeah so I like all my
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vegetables i'm vegan now but look at
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them steaks oh really that's vegan i
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think so oh yeah look at that this is
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fresh
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is that a slug i think that's a slug
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e
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okay guys so look at them steaks oh my
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goodness they're I got them a little
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seared on each side then we have our
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slug salad over here no I got it off she
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watched it but now you know when you go
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to like places like this how organic
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their um their veggies are yeah if you
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ain't eating slug salad you ain't eating
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healthy so cuz you know in in the United
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States I I never found Well when I was
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growing up and we we did our own because
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you would grow it yeah there was
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definitely slugs in it yeah you had to
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rinse that stuff off yeah i turned uh
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got my sack down to 500 now so yeah but
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that is looking so good
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and uh got a cucumber
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it's my father's day
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well it's your father's day we did it
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early yeah well tomorrow we're going out
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and we're going to go to the pool and
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stuff so yeah we're going to the pool y
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and we'll be home to do this then my
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baba's birthday's coming up
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we need to talk about that
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i'm not revealing my age
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okay guys tequila place i mean at the
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rum place
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we got some sipping rum so we going to
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They said do not mix it no we're not
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going to make We already We've already
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tried it cuz it was our rum it's number
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two it's number two on the rum tour and
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um you come here rum tour it's not that
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uh it was $13 in US $13 but it's got
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good flavor it's got really good flavor
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um so but we don't normally buy $13
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bottle of this small
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cuz we're we're cheap skates yes we are
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but it was so good we were like "Yeah
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let's get a sipping one." So we're going
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to have some sipping it's not sipping
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sipping rum with dinner with our dinner
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yeah and a little bit before dinner yeah
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pregame yeah why not
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okay guys so we missed the sunset but uh
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with dinner no it's still going down
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it's just over the mountains yeah but uh
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yeah we got the dinner oh look at them
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steaks oh my goodness so and we're going
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to eat happy Father's Day and y'all take
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care
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okay guys we're going to a pool party
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cellulite
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everywhere we're at the DR and we're
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going to a pool party at this one place
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and there's actually cows in here guys
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really there is there's cows cows
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okay guys we made it we're going to hang
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with our friends down here and uh get
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our alcohol on
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tell me about your war not my war
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