Help! My car's stucked!

I finally reached the lovely island Amami-oshima after 15hrs of travelling on Saturday. The weather was cool & rainy. I didn't do anything much, just went home after a brieft supermarket trip. Yesterday we went to explore other parts of the island. Cloudy & rainy, I didn't take much photos.

We wanted to eat our packed lunch in the car, looking at the sea. Just when we thought we found a nice spot to park the car, we found ourselves stucked! The place where we thought was a carpark was actually just a piece of land filled with sand. The car went up & couldn't move after that. There was nobody in sight. Panic!

First my bf tried to scoop away the sand at the tyres with his hands. Still stucked. We went to a house nearby to borrow a big scoop (there were some small plots of home garden/farms). While my bf was trying his best to get the car out, a guy from the village came & offered his help. He spoke to my bf then disappeared. Next moment he appeared with his lorry, ferrying planks of wood. His son also came to help. They hoisted up the car tyre and placed a plank of wood underneath.

By now, there was a gathering of 4 villagers here to kaypoh. Then another 2 more came. This time round it's 2 strong guys. Apparently they had heard about what happened and came to help. With all the guys' help, the car was finally out of the sand. What a relief!

At first we thought we'll be stucked there for a long time coz there was nobody around, and it being a Sunday, many people might be out. Luck was on our side. We were lucky to have people coming out of their homes on a cold & windy day to help us. And very lucky that one of them had long planks of wood that was of great help in getting the car out.

I think this is the community/kampong spirit that my bf has been telling me about. Everyone knows everybody in the village. They are friendly & helpful. We're strangers in the village but they did everything they could to help us. Very touched......