How I got everything stolen from me in Tunisia (and how I fixed it)
Summary
TLDRDieses Video erzählt die aufregende Geschichte von einem Reise-Drama in Tunesien. Der Erzähler verliert kurz nach seiner Ankunft sein gesamtes Gepäck, darunter sein Handy, Pass, Geld und Fotoapparat, und erlebt eine Reihe von Herausforderungen, um es zurückzubekommen. Er teilt drei wertvolle Tipps, um ähnliche Missgeschicke zu vermeiden. Das Video ist ein humorvolles und zugleich ernstes Zeugnis von der Bedeutung, persönliche Daten sicher aufzubewahren und zeigt, wie man aus unerwarteten Situationen herauswächst.
Takeaways
- 😨 Der Reisender erlebte einen hartnäckigen Tag, bei dem ihm alle wichtigen Gegenstände gestohlen wurden, während er sich auf der Grenze zwischen Tunesien und Europa befand.
- 🚢 Er hatte gerade eine Fährfahrt von Europa nach Afrika absolviert und war sich der Schwierigkeiten, die ihn in den nächsten Stunden erwarten würden, nicht bewusst.
- 🗺 Er teilte seine Erfahrungen und drei nützliche Tipps, um anderen Reisenden zu helfen, in ähnlichen schwierigen Situationen zu bestehen.
- 📹 Er hatte zuvor positive Reiseerlebnisse in Tunesien geteilt, bevor er die Geschichte seiner Diebstahlsituation veröffentlichte.
- 👮 Ein starkes Erinnerungsbild war die Begegnung mit einem polizeilichen Beamten, der ihn in französischer Sprache interviewte und sein Pass kontrollierte.
- 🛃 Am Grenzübergang war es chaotisch, und der Reisende hatte das Gefühl, dass er aus dem Rahmen der üblichen Abläufe herausgenommen wurde, was ihm Sorgen bereitete.
- 👜 Während des Sicherheitschecks an der Grenze wurde seine wichtigste Tasche kurzzeitig von einem anderen Passagier genommen, was zu einer heftigen Panik führte.
- 🏨 Nach dem Grenzübergang hatte er Schwierigkeiten, ein Taxi zu finden, da er keine lokale Währung hatte und keine Bargeldlose Zahlungsmethoden in Betracht zogen.
- 💸 Er lernte, niemals ohne US-Dollar zu reisen, da sie in ähnlichen Situationen hilfreich sein können.
- 📌 Der Reisende empfahl, immer eine alternative Form der Identifizierung und ein wenig Bargeld bei sich zu tragen, um ähnlichen Problemen vorzubeugen.
- 😅 Trotz der Stresssituationen und Missverständnissen konnte der Reisende später über seine Erfahrungen lachen und lernt aus ihnen.
Q & A
Was passiert dem Erzähler, als er in Tunesien ankommt?
-Der Erzähler verliert all seine wichtigen Gegenstände wie Handy, Pass, Brieftasche und Kamera, da sein Taschendurchlauf durch einen anderen Passagier genommen wird, der ihn irrtümlich für seinen eigenen Gepäck hält.
Wie reagiert der Erzähler, als er feststellt, dass sein Gepäck verschwunden ist?
-Der Erzähler panikiert und rennt hinter dem Mann her, der sein Gepäck weggenommen hat, um es zurückzubekommen.
Was war das Hauptproblem des Erzählers nach der Grenzüberquerung?
-Das Hauptproblem war, dass er keine tunesischen Dinars hatte, da er nicht im Voraus Wechselgeld erhalten hatte und keine Kreditkarte zur Zahlung im Taxi hatte.
Wie löst der Erzähler das Problem mit dem Taxi und der fehlenden Währung?
-Er findet einen Taxifahrer, der zustimmt, ihn zum Hotel zu bringen und unterwegs an einer Wechselstube zu halten, um Euros gegen Dinars zu tauschen.
Was hat der Erzähler gelernt, nachdem er fast all seine wichtigen Gegenstände verlor?
-Er hat gelernt, nie wieder all seine wichtigen Gegenstände in einem einzigen Gepäckstück zu haben und immer US-Dollar mitzuführen, um in ähnlichen Situationen wie in Tunesien rauskommieren zu können.
Welche Rolle spielte die Incog-Plattform in der Geschichte des Erzählers?
-Incog ist der Sponsor des Videos und wird als eine Plattform vorgestellt, die dabei hilft, persönliche Informationen aus Datenbanken zu entfernen, in denen sie nicht sein sollten.
Wie hat der Erzähler seine Erfahrungen in Tunesien mit den Zuschauern geteilt?
-Er hat seine Erfahrungen in einem Video geteilt, in dem er erklärt, wie er fast alles verlor und was er daraus gelernt hat, einschließlich dreier Ratschlägen für andere Reisende.
Wie reagierte die Polizei in Tunesien auf die Situation des Erzählers am Grenzübergang?
-Eine polizeiliche Person, die gut Französisch sprach, half dem Erzähler, indem er eine spezielle Behandlung durch die Grenzbeamten koordinierte und ihn dann durch die Grenze ließ.
Was war das终wichtigste Lehrmeister, das der Erzähler aus seiner Erfahrung in Tunesien gezogen hat?
-Das终wichtigste Lehrmeister war, nie wieder alle wichtigen Gegenstände in einem einzigen Gepäck zu haben und immer Notfallgeld in US-Dollar mitzuführen.
Wie hat der Erzähler seine Reiseerfahrungen in Tunesien außerhalb des unerfreulichen Ereignisses dargestellt?
-Er hat positive Reiseerfahrungen in Tunesien geteilt, in denen er die Stadt und die Geschichte erkundete und lokales Essen probierte, um zu zeigen, dass es auch gute Zeiten in Tunesien gab.
Welche zusätzlichen Schritte plant der Erzähler für zukünftige Reisen, um ähnliche Situationen zu vermeiden?
-Er plant, in jedem seiner Gepäckstücke eine alte UK-ID, eine selten verwendete Kreditkarte und Papier-USD zu haben, um in Notfällen zu überleben.
Outlines
😱 Diebstahl in Tunesien
Der erste Absatz erzählt die Geschichte des Verlustes aller wichtigen Gegenstände wie Handy, Pass, Brieftasche und Kamera, als der Autor an der tunesischen Grenze ist. Nach einem 500m Fährfahrt von Europa nach Afrika ist er völlig unvorbereitet auf die schwierigen letzten Meilen bis zum Hotel. Er teilt drei wichtige Ratschläge mit, die er aus dieser Erfahrung gezogen hat, um anderen von ähnlichen Problemen zu bewahren. Der Autor betont, dass er positive Erfahrungen in Tunesien hatte, bevor dieses Missgeschick passierte und dass das Video in einer ungewöhnlichen Chronologie veröffentlicht wurde, um nicht negativ über das Land zu berichten.
🛃 Grenzübertritt in Tunesien
In diesem Absatz beschreibt der Autor seine Erfahrungen beim Grenzübertritt in Tunesien. Er war der Einzige im Wartezimmer, der nicht arabisch sprach, und wurde von einem polizeilichen Beamten, der sehr gut Französisch sprach, interviewt. Der Beamte half ihm, die Passkontrolle zu überqueren, indem er ihn an den Anfang der Schlange brachte und die Befragung des Autors übersetzte. Der Autor war zunächst besorgt, aber erkannte schließlich, dass er eine Art schnellen Service erhielt, um ihm einen guten Eindruck von Tunesien zu vermitteln.
😤 Verlorener Gepäck im Sicherheitsbereich
Der Autor erzählt von einem traumatischen Moment, als er sein wichtigstes Gepäck in der Sicherheitsabteilung verloren hat. Er hatte alles Wertvolle darin, einschließlich seines Handys, Passes, Brieftasche und Fotogeräts. Nachdem er durch den Metalldetektor ging, entdeckte er, dass sein Gepäck verschwunden war. In einer Panik rannte er hinter einem Mann her, der sein Gepäck auf einem Gepäcktrolly hatte, und riss es ihm weg. Es folgte eine Konfrontation mit der Polizei und dem Mann, der schließlich das Gepäck zurückließ, nachdem er erkannt hatte, dass es ihm gehörte.
🚖 Schwierigkeiten mit dem Taxi
In diesem Absatz beschreibt der Autor seine Schwierigkeiten, ein Taxi zu finden, nachdem er sein Gepäck zurückerlangt hatte. Ohne Bargeld und ohne die Möglichkeit, Bargeld an der Fähranlegestelle zu wechseln, stand er vor der Herausforderung, wie er zu seinem Hotel gelangen sollte. Er hatte keine Tunisische Dinar, und die Taxichauffeure wollten nur in dieser Währung bezahlt werden. Schließlich fand er einen Chauffeur, der bereit war, ihn zum Hotel zu fahren, einen Wechselstopp einzulegen und ihn für die Dienstleistung zu belohnen.
🛌 Endgültige Ankunft im Hotel
Der letzte Absatz beschreibt das Erreichen des Hotels und das Gefühl der Erleichterung, als der Autor schließlich ins Bett fallen konnte. Er reflektiert über die Erfahrungen des Tages und teilt mit, dass er nie wieder ohne US-Dollar reisen wird, um in ähnlichen Situationen nicht hilflos zu sein. Der Autor betont, dass solche Missgeschicke beim Reisen unvermeidlich sind und teilt einen Link zu einem weiteren Video, in dem er seine positiven Erfahrungen in Tunesien teilt.
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Keywords
💡Tunesien
💡Grenzübertritt
💡Persönliche Daten
💡Reise
💡Verlust
💡Konflikt
💡Kommunikation
💡Lehrjahre
💡Sicherheit
💡Konfliktlösung
Highlights
The narrator experienced the loss of all personal belongings including phone, passport, wallet, and camera at the Tunisian border.
After disembarking from a ferry, the narrator faced an unexpected and challenging journey to reach the hotel room.
The story recounts the narrator's interaction with a large, intimidating police officer who unexpectedly expedited their immigration process.
The narrator expresses gratitude to the sponsor, incog, for helping to protect personal information from misuse.
A tense situation at the security checkpoint led to the temporary loss of the narrator's essential bag, causing a panic.
A chaotic chase and retrieval of the mistakenly taken bag by a local at the airport security area.
The narrator's realization of the importance of not centralizing all valuables in one place when traveling.
A stressful encounter with local authorities who initially perceived the narrator as a thief due to misunderstanding.
The narrator's struggle to find transportation to the hotel without local currency or means of payment.
Creative problem-solving by agreeing to pay in US dollars and stopping at a currency exchange on the way to the hotel.
A chaotic taxi ride to the hotel with an unexpected additional passenger and a lack of seatbelt.
The relief of finally reaching the hotel room and the narrator's reflection on the day's events.
The narrator's advice to always carry US dollars when traveling to avoid being stranded in foreign countries.
A humorous recount of the day's events, highlighting the importance of having a sense of humor when things go wrong.
The narrator's encouragement for viewers to subscribe for more travel stories and experiences.
A call to action for viewers to try incog to protect their personal data, with a special discount offer.
Transcripts
and everything is gone phone passport
wallet camera what am I actually going
to do this is me sat on a bus at the
Tunisian border having absolutely no
clue what's going on I've just stepped
off a 500m ferry from Europe to Africa
completely unaware that these last few
miles trying to get from this moment
here to my hotel room in the city are
going to be such extremely hard work
because this is the story of how I got
everything stolen from me in Tunisia and
what I learned from it including three
little pieces of advice so that you
don't end up in the same mess as me I
have already deliberately posted some
other things from my solo trip around
Tunisia that came later on where I had a
good time before sharing this story just
because I didn't want it to seem that I
was going in on the entire country
somehow and just so that the first thing
you saw me share from there wasn't this
entire nightmare so if you have been
following all of that before this video
is kind of posted out of chronology in
terms of when it happened in the story
and look this whole thing I get it I'm
really lucky to be able to travel as
much as I do and sometimes bad things
happen I am aware that this is the kind
of scrape that you do get yourself into
when you voluntarily go on weird trips
like this and I am pretty sure that this
all would have been much more
straightforward and safe if ID just
flown to the Tunis Carthage airport like
a normal person I am aware of all of
that so just forgive me for very
seriously complaining for the rest of
the video it was just on a knife edge
like based on the smallest margins could
have gone completely fine or absolutely
to hell when my fairy from Italy to
Tunisia was coming into the harbor I did
kind of wonder where I should go to go
through immigration on foot I mean
everyone else was just driving off and I
was kind of pointed towards this bus and
then I went up to the driver there and
he kind of waved me on he like beckoned
me through without saying anything and I
sat there for a while kind of confused
until to my absolute Delight three other
people got on so at least it wasn't just
me on there anymore and we left and we
drove around the harbor for a while
going through some kind of checkpoints
like I literally have no idea what's
going on but whatever I'm willing to go
with it probably my passport gets
stamped at the end of this somehow and
then eventually the driver stops next to
this nondescript looking building with a
fire escape on the outside and kind of
gestures for us to go up it and I
climbed the stairs of this fire escaped
thinking where am I like what's going on
but thankfully I went through a door at
the top and I did enter into a big like
airport style immigration so so far on
the right track I have made a little bit
of progress along this line so us few
people who' got off the bus come into
this immigration place and for some
reason there's already a huge queue
ahead of us I also noticed pretty much
straight away that I'm like the only
Foreigner it seems like most other
people are locals returning home from a
trip and I joined the back of the queue
thinking ah everything's fine I am in
the right place I can relax now well no
not so much suddenly this guy comes up
to me and I say guy he was an absolute
mountain of a human like he could have
been a rugby player and then on top of
that he had all like you know the
Bulletproof the police stuff the guns
belt full of stuff like he was just huge
and even from the way I'm describing all
of this stuff you can tell this is like
such a core stress memory for me and he
starts talking to me in French for those
of you who don't know Tunisia used to be
a French Colony so while all of the
locals generally speak Arabic to each
other today French is a very popular
second language and often as a tourist
you'll be addressed in French just
because they look at me and assume that
I can't speak Arabic which I mean like
yeah fair enough although I don't speak
either language it is kind of true like
I did do French in Middle School
obviously French phonetics is much more
similar to English we have a lot of Lone
words blah blah blah like if there's one
thing I'm going to be able to do out of
the two it is going to be French but
this guy has just completely taken me
off guard by shouting all of the stuff
at me in French and I have no idea
what's going on but looking up at him
like you know the small child that I am
compared to this guy I'm like okay well
I have my passport in my hand maybe it
would help if I just give that to him
and yeah he does seem kind of happy to
take my passport off me and before I go
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to uh let's get back to the story this
entire mess that I found myself in so
I'm stood there alone at the Tunisian
border with the 21st century police
version of the mountain from Game of
Thrones flicking through my passport and
examining all of the stamps in there and
when he's bored with going through all
of those he starts to give me the full
immigration interview stood up at the
back of the queue just to me where are
you from what job do you do why are you
here are you with a tour group how long
are you staying here what hotels are you
staying in do you know anyone in this
country how long until you leave Tunisia
again where are you going next after
this and why and yeah thankfully I've
been through enough borders right now
that I kind of know what questions to
anticipate so I was kind of stumbling
through the language barrier I had some
of my bookings and so on screenshotted
on my phone so that I did have some
proof to show him and I felt like I was
kind of doing okay at this particular
test but I couldn't get over this
question of like why me there's loads of
people ahead of me in the queue why am I
being singled out for different
treatment like what have I done wrong
and I was just thinking oh I definitely
shouldn't be here like this is this is
just a bad idea how have I got myself
into this situation but I will say that
it is funny how when you most need it
when you're most worried about something
your brain can defrost some of that
Middle School French and eventually he'd
had enough of listening to my mediocre
French answers and he beckoned me to
follow him and he walked right up to the
front of the queue up to the passport
control troll Booth went around the back
and goes inside and starts talking to
the actual officer in there who's
stamping people's passports and I notice
him pointing at me through the glass and
he starts to translate all of my answers
to the immigration questions to this guy
he tells them all of my details in
Arabic and then he walks back out of the
booth comes back around to me and Taps
me on the shoulder with all the force
that you would expect a man of his size
gives Taps on the shoulder and he just
looks at me and he's like welcome to
Tunisia and then he disappears in into
the mist from where he came and the guy
in the booth takes like 0.5 seconds to
stamp my passport and waves me right
through so the entire time I thought
that me being singled out was I've done
something wrong and I'm not welcome but
he was just fast tracking me probably he
was the one on the staff who spoke the
best French and whenever they do see
someone who's very visibly foreign and
probably doesn't speak Arabic he's like
oh let me go and use my French on him
and I'll translate it into Arabic for
the other officers and then while he was
talking to me he was like oh let me just
CU jump this guy give him a good
impression of our country on his first
day here stuff like that like it was
just a very good very welcoming customer
service experience but the entire time I
just I didn't know what was going on
which kind of actually ended up playing
the pattern for a lot of my interactions
in that country that I would say were
like chaotic but sound and I don't know
if sound is maybe a britishism but it
basically means like well-meaning and
trustworthy and what I learned from all
of that is to relax even if you're
intimidated people generally have your
back but all of this Strife has only got
me this far on the line that represents
the last few miles to my hotel room
having spent last night on a ferry
you'll understand that my nice clean
room and soft pillow and in general a
bed that isn't like swinging around with
the sea were really calling to me right
now but I still wasn't even through the
border so I've gone through passport
control kind of on the edge but I W up
to security thinking ah that was a good
thing I am in the right place
everything's fine now and I can
definitely relax well also no if you've
seen any of my other videos then by now
you'll probably know that I travel with
only hand luggage generally one backpack
like this this is my 30 L from Salamon
and one smaller bag like this tote bag
this is actually my go-to this has been
to almost every continent in the world
with me for some reason I always choose
it I don't know why and until now I've
always gone with the exact same setup in
the backpack I just put non valuable
things clothes toiletries sometimes my
tripod but nothing like super expensive
or Irreplaceable and that enables me to
basically not care about it being out of
my sight put it anywhere in any of the
lockers up and down the plane or I'll
put it above my head on the train or on
the train like if there's more space in
a luggage storage rack in another
Carriage then I'll put it there out of
my sight because if it does get stolen
it's not ideal but also like have fun
stealing my dirty laundry and like half
a tube of toothpaste I would totally
survive losing it and like if one of
those annoying Airlines says there's no
overhead Locker space you have to check
something in then I would just give them
the backpack like without a second
thought but this smaller bag you can see
where this is going it's the opposite I
always keep it next to me or by my feet
somewhere that it's always Within Reach
because it has important things my
camera or my SD cards passport power
bank or just things that I want to have
on me during the journey like a bottle
of water or something bottle of water so
keep that split in mind as I try to
describe the security checkpoint at
Tunis which I wish I had footage of
obviously I'm not allowed to film in
these places but it's just a single
track conveyor belt luggage security
x-ray machine and then next to it the
classic walkth through metal detector
Arch the baggage scanner has no trays
but like I've seen this before you just
have to put your bags straight on the
belt and any loose things have to go in
one of the bags cuz there's no trays I
put my small bag onto the belt first and
then my backpack but because the smaller
one is a tote bag it's kind of half open
at the top and I need to empty my
pockets before going through the metal
detector I just stuff everything in
there so now it also has my phone
headphones and wallet and house keys in
there so combine that with my camera SD
cards and passport literally everything
is in there everything and so I leave my
bags on the Belt I turn to the side to
go through the metal detector but
they're not ready for me for some reason
they're doing something on like the
computer with the settings of the metal
detector and then even when they do call
me through I have to go through twice
for some reason even though I definitely
don't think I set it off it was all kind
of weird but like I've already worried
about enough Pointless Stuff at this
point I'm just going along with anything
and in the end I do get through I make
it through the metal detector turn back
around again to stand by the belt on the
other side where the bag should be
coming out just totally chill waiting
for my stuff to reappear and then pretty
soon my backpack does come out and great
I reach down put it on my back
everything's fine just waiting for the
tote bag to come out now and then yeah
it hits me the tote bag went in first my
backpack went in second the first bag is
gone I'm stood here all alone with a bag
of laundry on my back and everything is
gone phone passport wallet camera what
am I going to do it isn't the kind of
machine where there's two tracks and
they can bring it over to inspect it it
was literally just one belt in and out
and the lady working there hasn't
grabbed it she's the only one and she's
just sat there looking at the screen and
then how however long this particular
Panic classed felt like ages in my head
like I've absolutely had it right no
phone no passport no money if I can't
fix this what am I actually going to do
and I try to snap myself back into
reality and look around to see just
completely panicked where my bag could
have run off to this immigration area is
a huge space with only one exit on the
other side kind of like a nothing to
declare situation but not like a long
tunnel or a corridor you just go through
and then you turn a corner and you're
outside in the car Park and I just about
see right before that exit someone
pushing a trolley with some suitcases on
it I remember it so clearly there like
three across the bottom one on each side
and then in the middle from the angle
where I'm seeing it from behind I can
just see drooping over between the two
suitcases on the top layer the blue
handles of my tote bag just swinging
along as he's pushing this trolley and I
freak out like people who know me in
real life will know i' do anything to
avoid a scene but like at that point my
fight or flight was just going
absolutely crazy this was proper last
minute life or death stuff for me how I
felt in that moment and even now
recounting all of this like I can tell
it's yeah it's a very anxious memory for
me I just spotted him and I
instinctively just start shouting no no
and I run over and while running across
immigration looking like an idiot I'm
just shouting no no and he doesn't stop
obviously he's not listening for English
weird shouting and running like he's not
paying attention but I do catch up to
him I just disregard all of his suitcase
or any any you know of his priorities of
his luggage and I yanked the handle of
this bag off of his trolley and I just
remember grabbing it and like clutching
it to my chest like it's a baby or
something and I'm just looking at this
guy going it's mine mine it's mine it
belongs to me again in English as if I'm
helping anything and he starts talking
back to me in Arabic and obviously we
can't understand each other at all and
it just creates this whole thing where
honestly I'd love to see like like I
said you can't film in there obviously
it's security but I would give anything
to have the CCTV footage of this whole
for ra it it must be so funny it is like
I said still a really stress inducing
memory for me but when I retell it to
people in real life it does generally
get a laugh so like feel free I'm very
happy if you use this to like laugh at
my expense and uh if you do laugh at my
expense feel free to give the video a
subscribe just so I get something out of
all of this and yeah because of all this
commotion three police come over also in
all of their Gear with their guns and
stuff and they start talking to this guy
who was pushing the trolley and it's
only at that moment watching them
talking to him but staring at me that I
realize that from my point of view I've
just had my bag stolen but from their
point of view wherever they were
stationed watching this whole scene I've
just run over to this guy and stolen
from him to them I'm the thief but like
I said I am just Clinging On to this for
dear life I'm not letting go of it for
anybody I've just run through the entire
scenario in my head passport phoneless
moneyless walking out into the streets
of Tunisia by myself and now that this
is all in my hands again although I
haven't even looked inside it to check
that everything's still there yet I am
not letting it out of my grip again and
they're all disgusting and I'm just
going it's mine it belongs to me oh God
honestly just so embarrassing but like
the adrenaline was really adrenalin at
this point so I'm just gripping onto the
bag yeah like it's a baby or something
talking in English to people even though
they can't understand me and at this
point the guy who was pushing the
trolley calls over two other people not
two more police just other passengers
and he's speaking to them and he
gestures to the luggage that's still on
the trolley and then he gestures to me
and the bag and they basically just
shake their head at him and then walk
off without really saying much and I'm
like okay and then he goes and talks to
these three police again and they seem
kind of satisfied suddenly and they walk
away again and I'm just freaking out as
if this whole melee is still going on
but he walks up to me very calmly and
puts one hand on my shoulder there's a
lot of people touching my shoulder in
this story I don't know why and he said
something to me very quietly in what I
guess was Arabic and then he leaves me
with my bag and goes back to pushing his
trolley out and yeah I mean this isn't
even the only or or the last Strife that
I'm going to face this evening but at
that point I was willing to come back
down I feel like I've received a genuine
apology my interpretation is that he was
like a taxi driver or a porter or
something working for these two other
people who he beckoned over and when
they came through the metal detector
they had just said to him like oh yeah
everything that's coming out of the
scanner right now is ours just take it
to the car for us and then because I was
a bit delayed coming through the metal
detector and no one else was there to
claim my tote bag when it came out he
just got a bit overzealous with their
definition of everything coming out is
ours that's like the most charitable
interpretation that I can possibly give
and I'm really trying to stick to to it
I do get it genuine dumb mistakes like
this do happen it's just that that
particular mistake would have been so
horrendous for me such a complete
definition of an on a knife edge
situation like the balance and the
margin between everything's fine and
complete disaster was just the fact that
I turned my neck and saw him before he
got around the corner and loaded my bags
into the boot of a car and disappeared
forever literally game over like I I
honestly don't know what I would have
done and looking back now and when I've
told the story to people I do know that
worst case scenario you find the British
Embassy in Tunis somehow they're going
to be able to repatriate you at some
point eventually and I just lose the
money I've spent on the trip I lose the
money re buying everything I've lost
getting new passport cards whatever but
like I survive everything's fine losing
the footage I'd shot on the trip up to
then probably would have been the worst
thing but also as we will see in a
second me trying to get a taxi to my
hotel like no money no ability to speak
the language like it's going to be hard
enough getting anywhere is there even a
British Embassy in Tunis like if there
is I don't know where it is or how I
would have got there and what I learned
from that is to never put all your eggs
in one basket in the future I'll always
make sure in every piece of luggage that
I carry there's something some old UK ID
that I don't even use anymore some
credit card that I never use but like
would work if I had to use it and
crucially some paper US dollars as you
can probably hear from me talking about
this the amount of stress chemicals
being released in my brain per
millimeter Advanced on this line was at
an alltime bad ratio at this point and I
still wasn't safe and out of the woods
yet because speaking of US Dollars by
the time I stepped outside into the car
park just completely done with
everything and wanting to go to my hotel
room and scream into that nice clean
pillow that was waiting for me I hit the
next problem getting a taxi Tunisian
Dinars are actually a closed currency
which means that you're not allowed to
take them out of the country and you're
not allowed to buy them outside of the
country and bring them with you so it's
actually impossible or at least illegal
to arrive with Tunisian cash on you I
had read online that there was an ATM
working at the ferry port but on the
ground that night by myself that
definitely did not seem to be the case
outside people are coming up to me
offering a taxi and I'm just like yeah
no
Dinars part the din thinking oh man what
am I going to do like I try Uber on my
phone nothing I try bolt because I
remember specifically being told that
that works since une is and yes it does
work but no card payment you have to pay
in cash at the end of the ride which I
didn't have and the longer I stand there
by myself again thinking should I have
done this why am I here how am I going
to fix this eventually a couple of taxi
drivers are trying to help me out they
like notice the situation and they say
something like no Dinars pay dollars
which is really nice of them and such a
famous scenario like everybody who
travels a lot knows that around the
world US Dollars get you out of
situations it's of a standard thing and
yet I had recently been in the US and
totally neglected to bring back any
paper money with me I even offered these
guys euros and they're just like no
dollars why is it so hard so I was kind
of stuck until I just started going down
the line of taxi drivers knocking on
Windows and seeing if I could find one
who had like this much English and then
I added it to my this much French and we
kind of met in the middle and arranged
that he would drive me to the hotel
stoping at a Currency Exchange Place on
the way I would change some euros for
Dinars he would take me the rest of the
way to the hotel and I would give him a
big tip at the end in DIN and it was
kind of a chaotic drive like I was
excited to be on my way moving along the
line again and getting my first kind of
glimpses of pitch black nighttime Tunis
like classic arrival in a new city stuff
but also like I was sat in the back with
no seat belt and he was very clearly
disregarding the importance of slowing
down before you go over a speed bump and
at one point Point some third guy gets
in the passenger
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seat and on any other day I'd have been
like oh what is going on like is this
normal in this country but at this point
I was totally willing to go along with
absolutely anything that progressed me
along this line and by now you'll
understand just how relieved I was to
eventually make it to my hotel room and
go to sleep it was so good and what I
learned from that situation is don't
leave home without US Dollars ever ever
again and like I said it is just a dumb
anecdote now the kind of annoying stuff
that happens when you travel you get
yourself into it like it's fine I'm very
happy if you want to laugh at my expense
over how over panicked I was that's kind
of half the reason I wanted to share
this story I guess you go to enough
countries and you eventually end up
getting into some kind of scrapes like
it's it's not a big deal I just wish
yeah I just wish I had the CCTV footage
of those like three police and me and
this guy and I'm just like mine it's
mine God what a
mess I had my stuff very briefly and
possibly accidentally stolen from me but
I was so close to having it permanently
stolen from me and I still genuinely
don't know what I would have done had
that come to pass I wouldn't have any
footage of my nice memories of the rest
of the time I spent in Tunisia that's
for sure like the day I spent touring
Tunis and Carthage and learning about
the history and eating the local food
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