A gas truck stops and refills a needy Turk.
One of the things we love to do is drive through the many villages of Anatolia. The people are friendly, and we always see something surprising. Like on this day. We were exploring an old aquaduct and across from the site is a huge tomato field. When we arrived, the owner of the field and his wife were picking tomatoes. I yelled “Merhaba,” and he immediately called us over and dropped an armload of tomatoes in the trunk of our car, then he promptly went back to work.
As we were exploring the aquaduct and some sarcophagi, we noticed a gas truck lumbering down the road. Our newfound friend flagged him down. Now what could he possibly want to do? We figured he was just in the mood for handing out all of his tomatoes to passers by. No. He needed gas. Right there, in the middle of nowhere, the gas man filled up a 10 liter plastic jug for the man and after he was paid, went on his way.
I didn’t even know gas trucks could do that. I’ll never worry about running out of gas again…in Turkey!