Kuwait Travel Blogs

I had to see to believe
Apr 14, 2007 (8 photos)

... find the elevators not working and a sign explaining the observation deck and restaurant are not currently open. Ah well. Kuwait Towers where open and they did have an observation deck with a number of photos showing the destruction the ...

More Training
Oct 10, 2005

Hi again everyone! I've been doing some training on Checkpoint ops and a range, so I haven't had a chance to update recently. I'm doing fine, we finally got a morning off! not really anything new to report, just that Christina tells me that the address ...

The Train and the city..
Sep 19, 2009 (9 photos)

So after a 15 hour journey on the sleeper train from Amritsar we arrived in Jaipur.  The train is not so bad, the berth we had was good but only about 5' long so stretching out when sleeping is not so easy but we got there in the end if not a little ...

Camp Buehren
Oct 3, 2005 (2 photos)

Well, I'm finally here, we're doing some training and final preparations, and it looks like I'll be heading north in a week or so. I'm starting to miss everyone, but I'll make it through. More tomorrow. I'm doing fine, just updating, we're starting to ...

kuwait
Apr 29, 2007

this is a map pin

Plain Meals and Kuwait-ing around
Feb 25, 2008

... to clean your ass in Kuwait toliets is to hose it off....nice. Its a bit cheeky to say that we 'went' to kuwait. we bummed around in the airport for 5 hours which was excrutiatingly boring...collecting dirty looks from people who didnt understand the ' ...

Kuwait
Dec 11, 2006 (8 photos)

... a turn, pulled up and said 'You,Airport?' Yep, it was our transfer and there we were barreling down the airport road doing 160kmph with us hanging on laughing. A quick stop at the Harley Davidson Shop in Kuwait Airport before our flight to Cairo......

Packing!
Jul 13, 2008 (3 photos)

Where are we gonna put our shoes?

Departed
Jul 15, 2008 (4 photos)

Finally

Conference in Kuwait
Mar 14, 2009 (22 photos)

... other in Kuwait... being that the conference held in Paris was at the same time as my MUN conference in Israel, I chose Kuwait... easy decision... I thought... It ended up that the flight patterns to get from Turkey to Kuwait are not so fluid and direct... ...

Cleared to Land Inshallah Runway 15 Right
Sep 3, 2008 (13 photos)

... without incident a few minutes later and I was all happy and warm inside that Allah had guided us safely to Kuwait with a tailwind no less. I've had a great time in Kuwait despite 118 degrees with 90% humidity.  The place just sticks to ...

Persain Gulf
Aug 20, 2005 (25 photos)

... he had either selective hearing or had fallen asleep. Anyhow,it's a long couple of flights to be cramped like a sardine. Upon arrving to Kuwait, we hurried off the plane to get to the passport and visa area. I needed a visa for 3 days, but they only come ...

Kuwait City
Jan 24, 2009

under construction

The Gayness begins
Oct 10, 2005

[/rant] so, in the grandest tradition of the military, when one person screws up, everybody pays. One person is caught with alchohol, and the entire camp has to do a 'health and welfare' inspection. It's called this because the Army is authorized to ...

Al Jaber, Kuwait
Sep 15, 1997

Al Jaber, Kuwait

Studying Kabbalah
Jan 31, 2006

I got to Safat last night around 8 in the evening. I met this guy on the bus who invited me to his place and I glady accepted his invitation. At his place some of his friends came over and they talked Hebrew the whole time, of course I couldn't follow, ...

How to setup a tent By Waleed
Jul 9, 2008 (6 photos)

Its As Easy As 1,2,3 and 4

The Waiting Game!
Jul 6, 2008 (7 photos)

Waiting for the bikes!

We love Andrew
Jul 6, 2008 (5 photos)

We are officially besotted with Andrew. Kingsley is the broodiest man alive. Luckily we are off on our trip!

Phoenix&Stillman Living Statues: Kuwait
Mar 12, 2007 (46 photos)

... and left it hanging amongst our scenery. They managed to rescue almost everything and take further precautions against the force of Kuwait's volatile night winds, which caught everyone including the organisers off guard. The show was a big success - a 50 ...

Flight 2Q8 - Oil Capital of the Middle East
Sep 5, 2008 (17 photos)

... all things...well chocolate...Walking home and warding off our sugar rush we watched as the streets became crammed with traffic and locals all out after breaking the fast and celebrating during the night.  Kuwait is actually a very lively city.

Christmas in Kuwait
Dec 28, 2002

Went to Koweit with my 2 brothers to visit our Dad, who was working and living there.

Kuwaiti Towers
Sep 4, 2008 (9 photos)

We went back into the city to pick up my colleague's bag at the airport. After 3 days, he was happy to see it. This also provided the opportunity to eat dinner in the city, as well as go back to the Kuwaiti Towers. Thankfully the Chili's here still ...

Kuwait
Dec 3, 2007

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Kuwait CIty
Dec 22, 2004

No!

Day 8 the rode back: Kuwait
Mar 7, 2008

Day 8 the rode back: Kuwait

Flight to Kuwait
Sep 1, 2006

We flew to Kuwait via Amsterdam

Arrival in Kuwait
Aug 26, 2007

Today, we arrived in Kuwait.......in the middle of the night.  Just before landing, it was announced that is was around 95 degrees.....at 2am.  We waited on the tarmac for about 2 hours, then gathered our stuff and headed up to our training area. ...

Almost there
Aug 15, 2006

... couple open seats, we'll just have to rush you through the process. And we're off to the races. I get to the Kuwait City International Airport and I immediately start looking for Wes who may be on the same flight. Unfortunately, he left on an earlier ...

Kuwait
Mar 7, 2009

Kuwait