Gas Station?

Out in the remote village areas, there are no convenient stores or gas stations. If you need to fill up your vehicle, you look for hand painted signs that read “se vende gasoline.” I found one of these last week while we were working in the Lacandon reservation. It was a wooden shack filled with plastic drums containing gasoline. I requested a fillup, and the helpful owner hoisted a 50 litre container of gasoline onto his shoulder then blew into the end of a plastic hose that snaked inside the opening of the container. Almost immediately, a stream of gasoline spurted out of the hose so he inserted that end into my gas tank. Gas stations - just another interesting way our cultures are different.