Translation of retorcer

At noon the oldest soon came home. He was a doctor and gave me some salt and other Cuban medicine. I was reluctant to swallow that stuff but the pain and the doctor's smile persuaded me in the end.
We left on time and the route included some nice beach towns along the coast, such as Tulum and Playa del Carmen. Behind me sat two very cute girls who started to talk to me about life in my country.
The reason for doing an excursion to Macau was that we had to catch a flight back to Thailand. Air Asia offered a ticket for 50$, while the same flight from Hong Kong would be over 200$.