Third Day in Tunusia

Today is Monday and I called my father, he didn't bealive me I am in Tunusia told me I may be a crazy girl to visit a country in a civil war and a neigbour of Libya is in a war. I could speak at last and told him I am safe and Tunusia is not in bad condition, it is more stable now, nobody try to attack me on the roads, also I friends with me all the time. I paid extra money to make international calls and to call my father from Tunusia, he is very nervous before I went. Nowdays he is getting better, everyday I called him to make him feel good. In Tunusia there are three lines to connact. I got one of them and I called my Tunusian firends with this simcard.

Today's plan planned by Mohamed, is going to Cartaghe-Hannibal. We walked to from Clock Tower to TGM(Tunis-La Gulate-La Marsa) train station. In the train there are first and second class. We travelled in first class and I slept for a while, I need to wear a hair and sun glasses always, because I have sun allergy. Mohamed, my best Tunusian friend and I met in Hannibal station. There are always very rich people can live and Presedent Palace in Cartaghe and 20 minutes away from Tunis. The temparature was 23 C.

We had to walked up to the Hannibal Cartaghe Museum, we were getting warm while walking up the road. Fİrst I had to pay 8 TND(Tunusian Dinar( to come in. There are two kids, sister and brother and were running around, I shot their photos, Mohamed was sitting on a chair inside the museum to get rest, I think he is getting older. Anyway I saw some mosaics on the ground and on the walls, some huge statues, a big head. Cartaghes had fighted with Romans in the past.

I jumped in front of the museum and wanted Mohamed to take my photo while I am in the air, one day I will fly on the air with a baloon or parachute. I am sure I like being in the air, saw a some sheep after we lef the museum, we wathed the sun was coming down behind the Bougarnin Mountains in front of the Cartaghe Antique City. The Antique City, Mediterrian Sea, Bougarnin Mountains, the sun were in a wonderful line.

Than we got on the same train and went to see Mohamed's friends in La Marsa-Bab El Medina Cafe. It has four floors, we prefered to stay on the top. I made a new friend there. I had a chance to meet Rafik, is a strange, funny, sarcastic,smiley boy, allthough I loved this guy. He was in Canada for master degree programme for a few years after graduated univercity. I told them some Turkish tongue twister, they son't understood, laughed a ot to try to say the Turkish words in my notebook. We had fun a lot, there I drank nescafe, ate ice-cream in a pastry shop, people were figthing each other to get some ice-cream. I learnt some Tunusian simple words as if Eslema and Bislema means "Hi" and "Good bye". We said good bye to new friends and got on the train to go Tunis again, Nebil was waiting for me to take me to home by his car what a nice guy, Nebil.

I felt tired again, I am getting older, I drank Tunusian tea with Nebil and talked about ZABA( Zeynel Abidin Bin Ali) let more than 10.000 criminals from the jail before the Revulotion to create an unsecure situation and make people to dependent Presedent. Most of the criminals escaped to European Countries, others strolled around the Tunusia, they don't have istatistics about how many criminals are around. There is a book about the wife of President, Leila Trabelsi. La Regente De Cartaghe is all about the Leila. Indeed she has been the captain of the Tunusian Ship since 1992. Whole country has been dealing this woman for years. Most communication companies, alcohol industry, transportation firms are controlled under the President's family and relatives.

Sometimes I couldn't open my eyes and concantrate Nebil's stories about the President, but wrote down. For a moment I told Nebil I need to sleep. I like to listen Nebil, he doesn't get bored with my questions, when I don't understand he explain again and again.

Today has gone like that, with new friends, sun, jump, history, revulotion stories and time to sleep now. Good night.