rants and raves

So I'm quite sick of the fact that people feel they can take advantage of the fact that you are travelling as a tourist. Most of the time people feel that just because you are white and from Europe or America that you have tons of money to blow on things that are completly trival in the scheme of real life. For instance...I was in Jerba and I wanted to rent a bike. I went to a different hotel that was close to ask if there is a shop that was close in order to rent one. The man at the desk said yes and then got on the fun and called his friend to come an bring a bike. Im thinking great...I don't have to go far...what a nice guy. Then he says, "That will be on dinar for the phone call." I went off in arabic because if I would have known this I would have left and asked someone els who is nice and would tell me for the sake of niceness. But I gave it to him in Arabic and used religious language and then he got quite. I gave him the dollar but told him he needs to tell people ahead of time...will he listen...probably not. I had a few of these experiences but riding with the farmers and haveing taxis give me free rides because they are interested in my story is worth it I suppose.
After Jerba I made a long days travel to Mahdia which is another coastal town and a very nice one at that. By the way I got a haircut in Jerba and it has been the best one since Miguel cut it. These guys are very skilled here. So anyway I walked around the city and got some good photos and then left out the next morning to El Jem where there is a very nice roman ruined ampitheater. Really quite interesting. The same day I jumped on a train to Tunis and here I am. It is always nice to return to somewhere that you know a bit about. Ive been on short edge with the cabdrivers and such, expecting them to stiff me, but all is well. Im starting to anticipate my trip to Turkey now which is in one week. Ill try to keep busy until then.