Safir Bastaki (J Suite) Kuwait City

... 21451;との& #24605;い出恋人 エッチメル ;友ハッピӦ 0;メル友を{ 88;くろうメ 523;友ライフ 4651;人征服

... ended up being a fascinating location to people watch the wealthy Kuwaiti families strolling along the coastline, with their Filipino maids in tow to care for their children... evening swims off the hotel's private beach, grabbing meals at a nearby cluster of restaurants patronized by upper-class Kuwaiti youth, donned in their traditional hijabs, turbans and kaffiyehs... a melee of traditional arab headdresses and robes for men and women... It was a strangely beautiful site to see ...

... luxury hotels and lush parks set along wide avenues. The city's major landmark is the Kuwait Towers, visible from the harbor where oil tankers come and go, docking alongside hundreds of cargo ships and pleasure craft. Kuwait is now regarded as a relatively safe destination with plenty to interest the traveller, not only in Kuwait City itself but throughout, from its arid desert plateau to the fertile coastal belt and the nine small offshore islands over which it has sovereignty.

... luxury hotels and lush parks set along wide avenues. The city's major landmark is the Kuwait Towers, visible from the harbor where oil tankers come and go, docking alongside hundreds of cargo ships and pleasure craft. Kuwait is now regarded as a relatively safe destination with plenty to interest the traveller, not only in Kuwait City itself but throughout, from its arid desert plateau to the fertile coastal belt and the nine small offshore islands over which it has sovereignty.

Well, there are more benefits of the Hilton. First, there are women in bikinis who are not related to the people at work. I didn't go to the Ramadan tent for dinner, but you could eat out on the beach. Now it is time to go home.

And with the Hilton being closer to the city, it is a quick trip to eat at restaurants up there as well. Back to the Hard Rock - a great deal - all food is 50% off during Ramadan. At least one good thing during Ramadan. Met up with my old technical manager from my chemical plant days. Wasn't expecting to run into him over here.

Our new home - ain't it great? Not only do we have air conditioning - we have better TV station channels, internet, and better restaraunts.

... open for limited hours....so we missed out on a lot of the things we wanted to do. You can buy gold ranging from 9K to 24K. We then jumped into another taxi (when we realised that we may have been better off keeping one taxi driver!) which charged us 1.5KD just to go up the road....but it was far to hot for us to walk....it was 45+. We decided to check out the fish markets. There was a small area for fruit and veg and smelly live chickens crammed into cages ...

... to do a quick four hour stop in Kuwait City to get a new unit onboard. Thankfully it is all back and running now. At least we got to see a bit of Kuwait while we were there. We had a couple of distinguished visitors during the last patrol. Little Johnny couldn't make it but the new Chief of the Defence Force, Air Marshall Angus, stopped in for a chat. As usual he talked a lot but didn't actually say much. Not long after that, the new Maritime Commander, Vice Admiral somebody or other ...

... to the land of beer, cuckoo clocks, and fast cars. Already ****** off from the C130, I figure it couldn't hurt to ask, "Is there anyway I can get out tonight?" And sure enough the kid said, "You know, we actually have a 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 ...