wisam-in-japan: The Jungle Book!

So, I decided to checkout SriLanka... without spending a lot of money!

So, of course, since I was white skinned, the the guys at the airport have generously offer me a round tip to a elephant area as well as to a temple area for a humble price of a
100US$...

Not bad, right?

WRONG!

The one thing that those guys didn't count upon was that I was from Syria... land of the traders!! where we practice bargaining as a sport!

So, there how I did it , Syrian Style!

I took a 3 more business cards from other tourist guys... they all had stated their price as 100$... they where standing strong... (or at least they thought they were!)

:-D

So, I reached the airport, took a shower and I started calling...

I used the good old `Bluff-em-up-against each other` method! it always works!

I randomly called one of them... told him to send his driver in 3 hours(to show him I was serious)... then I called the next one and told him that I already got a price of 80$ ... he first stated... "if you got such an offer, then go for it, as it is good.." to call me bluff, naturally... so I played it cool and told him... "ok.. byebye!"... "hey, ok... I get you the price down to 80$ with a good car!"

I hang up and called the first guy... "cancel the driver, I already got an offer for 75$!! you cheater!"

"no no no sir. please... I will get it for you for a better price!"

After 15 mins..., the price became 65$ with NO tips expected... (however, I ended up 10$ tip to the driver for being so god and helpful I really recommend him, you can check him out at the photo gallery)

Enjoy the photos and video (another video is underway!, watch this spot!)

The Jungle Book Part 1