I couldn’t afford one, but I did become pals with Pablo, one of the masagistas.

And then after chatting for awhile, he just gave me a massage for free as I was standing there. While getting said massage, all of a sudden I felt teeth on my neck.

“Uhhhh… what are you doing back there?” I asked nice but firmly.

“Vampira, vampirta! hahaha!”

We had a good laugh over his pretending to suck my gringa blood. Then I asked him to take this picture to recapture the moment. Funny thing is I ask complete strangers all the time to pretend-murder me in photos, but never has anyone done it without my prompting! This is amazing!

(Rio, Brazil)