After our ride to Costa Preto, I was tired, but when Umi invited me back to her house in the Heights, how could I refuse? It was an unusual house, all built up on stilts, as are most of the homes in that area, off the Seaway, but with a decidedly Asian design. It also had one interesting feature. A deck pavilion with a boxing dummy.

"Oh, that's where I work out," she told me, "Wanna see?"