The Worst Day Known to Man

This is how the events unfolded.

Today I woke up. Took my clothes to the hotels laundry mat and had breakfast. The hotel had changed, new people from new countries. I went for a walk down town. Now everyone in Tanzania tells me that Arusha is more dangerous than Moshi but today changed that idea. After passing a bus station two locals followed me. As usual they attempted to sell me bracelets. And as usual I kindly asked them off. They did not leave, instead they continued to walk smoking weed and occasionally talking on the phone. This is usual. But a military cop whipping out of a taxi and handcuffing you is not. I was cuffed and stuffed in the back of a taxi that the soldier had hijacked. While the other two sellers were calm, my hard was beating rapidly. They had called him and were expecting a chip of the amount paid.He yelled, cursed, and hit the gray leather on the seat. "10 years" he kept yelling. I watched the movie about the American who spent time in the Turkish prison and had to escape and with the Congo to the west of me and the Indian ocean to the east I noticed I didnt have a lot of choices. I bribed him. What started as 2000 US turned into an iPod shuffle, Dr. Dre beats, and 400$. He took me to every ATM that accepted Visa. And although I tried to get 2000$ it wouldn't let me. My daily limit was 500. After an hour of going ATM to ATM and being watched so I couldnt run we came to a conclusion. I gave him my fake ID for drinking that a colleague gave me and I think that saved my life. I told him I needed it to get a new passport and that I will call him to pay the rest for the ID. He thinks my name is Dan and that Im traveling to Arusha. Dan you saved my life, and Im serious. But I have to be careful. The police will arrest a white man for anything here just to get money. Today Im happy to be alive in a hotel instead of prison in Tanzania. Right now Im drinking a couple cold ones, packing, and getting ready to hop the country to Kenya. Although rebels are moving into Kenya I have a feeling I will have less problems. I miss the USA.