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Kuwait City
With 10% of world's oil reserves and with more than 100 years of remaining oil, the need of diversifying has not been as urgent as it has been in neighboring countries. Furthermore the economy was boosted by the discovery of large natural gas resources in 2006 which helped Kuwait to go through the recent global recession untouched. Especially in ...
Love Affair with Everywhere--Kuwait
Kuwait is probably not on most people's tourist maps, so if you are in Kuwait, it is likely because you were sent there on business.
There is not much to see or do here, so I always plan my trip to arrive on a weekday and leave on a weekday. If you have a choice, it is better to spend the weekend in Dubai or another GCC city before heading over to KWI.
Visas can be purchased at the airport for ...
Leaving Kuwait!
Looks like I'm really getting out of here tonight. I talked the army into sending me directly into Phuket and back out through Bangkok, so that's one less thing to worry about. Current plan is to spend a day in Phuket relaxing and getting myself straight - take a refresher dive course. After that, I'll try to find a 3 day live aboard out to the Similan Islands. Should be a good time. Very ready ...
Flying IAD-KWI
... to Kuwait.
Skynet indicates there ended up being 27 seats unused by revenue passengers on this flight, meaning there were 37 customers who had been booked on this flight who did not show up (since the flight had been oversold by 10). Turns out I had nothing to worry about when the flight had gotten overbooked. That’s a no-show rate of 14%. Wow, that’s pretty high. I’m glad it all worked out for me going standby.
We departed at 6:16 ...
A taste of Kuwait…
... who were assisting with the training. Instead, the participants came clad mainly in either traditional Gulf attire or imposing military uniforms (the men) or in modern, high-fashion outfits with the fabulously glitzy and impossibly high-heeled shoes (the women). Needless to say, I was the only blonde in the room, but it quickly transpired that I was also the only non-Arabic speaker (another surprise). I therefore spent the first day watching the interaction from ...



