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The Road to Aleppo

On the approach to the ancient city of Aleppo in Syria, if like you, your car overheats and stops on the road don’t fret. There is always a willing local or a fellow traveller who is keen to lend a hand.

Or his car.

With the nearest petrol station only a few of kilometres away, the solution was simple. Put the overheated car in neutral gear and let the car behind push you on the highway.

Car Towing in Aleppo

Of course, this game of gentle dodgem cars had its repercussions. Once at the petrol station, it was not possible to disengage the cars that had decided to mate amorously. The big black Buick got very hot under the collar and impassioned our BMW in its grip. It took four grown men and a lot of pushing to prise the love struck cars apart.

Car love in Aleppo

The photographs were taken at the ornate service station while their drivers huddled in the shade and smoked a cigar on their behalf.
Petrol station near Aleppo

About the author

Corinne Mossati

Corinne Mossati is a drinks writer, author of GROW YOUR OWN COCKTAIL GARDEN, SHRUBS & BOTANICAL SODAS and founder/editor of Gourmantic, Cocktails & Bars and The Gourmantic Garden. She has been writing extensively about spirits, cocktails, bars and cocktail gardening in more recent years. She is a spirits and cocktail competition judge, Icons of Whisky Australia nominee, contributor to Diageo Bar Academy, cocktail developer and is named in Australian Bartender Magazine's Top 100 Most Influential List. Her cocktail garden was featured on ABC TV’s Gardening Australia and has won several awards. She is a contributor to Real World Gardener radio program and is featured in several publications including Pip Magazine, Organic Gardener, Australian Bartender and Breathe (UK). Read the full bio here.

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