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Just a little messed up
Kuwait is browner and older, as in 1980's older, then I anticipated.
Everything is also just a tiny bit messed up. The buildings are in need of repair and even if they are new, the finish work leaves much to be desired. Everything just reminds me of DIY projects gone wrong; until you get to the Ikea in the mall. Then it's primary colors …
The Beginning of Goodbye
... you be in that is SO incredibly rich that they have 15 million dollars to blow on a fireworks display??? To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the signing of Kuwait's constitution, the government put on an hour+ long fireworks show that put us in the Guinness Book of World Records. There was even a man from New Mexico here who put himself in the record books [during the show] by being the man to hang glide for the longest time being rocketed along by fireworks that ...
Kuwait - ofwel "visa issuing, hoe het niet moet"
Heb nog es een keertje een ander land in de regio uitgeprobeerd verleden week: Kuwait.
Even op de kaart gekeken en dit is blijkbaar een klein prulleke, niet veel meer dan Kuwait City en wat olievelden vermoed ik. Niet verwonderlijk dat Sadam dacht van dat er gewoon even bij te pakken.
Ik durf te zeggen dat ik ondertussen al wel wat ervaring heb met visa's te bekomen in verschillende landen en Kuwait is zowat het ...
It doesn't get hotter than this...
... impressive. Regrettabley, the seats in Kuwait Airways business class are big fat seats from business class cabins of 20 years ago... And they don't recline all that far (maybe 40 degrees...). They say that the best seats to get some good sleep are those that allow you to recline 180 degrees (available, of course, on all the major Gulf carriers, Emirates, Qatar Airways and Etihad). Although I was able to sleep over 6 ...
Patience is a virtue
... and relatively laid back in their way of working causing the expats to work harder to get the job done.
Work isn't the only place where we experience these kind of behaviors. The "Men from the Ministry" (a light hearted reference to the BBC radio sitcom from the 1960's) are possibly worse. These locals enjoy shorter working hours and financial payments annually not to be beaten in (I'm sure) any other country in the world.
If we ...
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- Restaurant
- Swimming pool
- Room service
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Wheelchair accessibility