Hey, since there's not a lot going on with the car maybe I can show y'all around Kuwait a bit. Here are some of the nicer things I've seen whilst wandering around:
Here's the view from the hotel's sky-lounge:
Great sushi and sashimi up there by the way. The first pool you see is considered the "kids pool" while the one further away is the adults pool. What people do here is basically buy a "spa membership" through the hotel and the have year-round access to the facilities. Seems to be an odd mix of of eastern europeans, locals, and shall we say "doctor's wives"? Not a bad place to sip a mocktail (no alcohol is "sold" here if you catch my drift)
The bigger boat is a museum, and the smaller is "al boom", a very nice restaurant. Under those palm trees is what we refer to as "the pool bar".
This next one is where I usually eat breakfast on the weekends, but they have a dinner buffet as well.
(that's kiwi juice. Just the green stuff. About 3-kiwis worth as I understand)
Next door is kind of a dinner complex. It's a group of about 10 or so restaurants. There's a cheese cake factory, a texas roadhouse, an event center place that was hosting a graduation one day, and a hookah bar I haven't hit up yet
^ Complete with line dancing waiters and everything (unfortunately also complete with bro-country and no Shiner Bock or Lonestar beer)
Below is an open air market called a Souq. Zsolt and I go here for lamb skewers on fridays for lunch. He's a bit of a celebrity there and I'll admit it's a bit of fun to watch him "do his thing" (ie: try a grape and act like he's thinking about it for a minute before the stand owner brings a batch of "better" grapes from behind the counter. Negotiating over price follows, but it's just for fun really. He usually pays just under what the owner was asking)
This next batch is from the area around what's known as "The Marina Mall". We caught a hotel shuttle (a White Audi A8L) and spend the evening relaxing and people watching. The guy in the picture is a British co-worker and fellow hotel resident named "Neil". His dad has a TVR Grantura that's quite the project Article
All in all, it's pretty darn hard out here for a pimp:
So yeah, there ya go! That's where I live! (definitely not at all what I was expecting when we decided to move here. )
Good times
(I took some random pictures of the less glamorous spots around town too. Maybe I'll post those too)