In What Country Does a Gallon of Gas Cost $11?

Travel Blog  •  Jim Benning  •  06.03.08 | 10:40 AM ET

imageBeautiful Turkey. It topped a recent survey of various nations’ fuel prices conducted by AP correspondents. I wound up discussing the article with a big, burly Turkish immigrant who runs a copy shop I occasionally visit here in San Diego. He shook his head and said with a wry smile, in a way that suggested years of frustration with the country he left behind,  “At least Turkey is number one in something.”

Related on World Hum:
* The $4 Gallon Survival Guide
* Visiting Orhan Pamuk’s Istanbul

Photo by Wrote via Flickr, (Creative Commons).