This is Planet Money from NPR.

Scott Gurion, you are the host of the Far From Home podcast.

And a while back you came to the Planet Money team with a kind of far flung automotive

mystery on your hands.

That's right, Alexi.

This whole thing starts six years ago when I met this guy named Arroz.

I was on a road trip across Asia when my car broke down in Turkmenistan in the middle

of the desert.

A flack spot, no, okay?

I managed to get towed to a garage, but nobody really spoke English except for Arroz

who worked at an auto body shop next door.

I was the first native English speaker he'd ever met, so he was pretty excited.

And he really went out of his way to help me.

He took me to a money changer, helped me get back on the road.

Ever since then, we've kind of stayed in touch.

And a few months ago, he sent me this video.

This is my place, my garage, and my home.

And these cars that I repair and paint.

Arroz is giving me a tour of his repair lot.

It's out in the desert, bright and dusty.

There are a bunch of cars parked at Hazardly, and then he gets to the reason he's setting

me this video.

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