Cambodian gas station

This is a common sight all over Cambodia. Small gas "stations" in front of virtually every home. There are "proper" gas stations too, but those are more expensive. These little ones tend to do the trick for most motos who pull in, pop up the seat and the reused soda containers are opened and the contents are poured. It is cheaper to buy gas this way because I believe it avoids some of the taxes associated with petrol and obviously there is no real cost in building up the "station" or renting the land.

A side note: petrol cost about 4500 riel for one liter. That's about $1.12 per liter and since there are 3.8 liters per gallon that would be 1.12 x 3.8 = $4.26 a gallon. In Cambodia! In a country with one of the lowest GDP's in the entire world!

All I am saying is we need to quit our bitching about the price of gasoline. It's still amazingly cheap compared to prices around the globe. I'd rather we paid more, utilized more fuel efficient vehicles and I wish people would recognize how absurdly low our prices have been for so long. Ok, lesson's over.