It has been a long time. Actually, an awfully long time, since I lived in Kuwait (more precisely – 2-and-a-half years). So it completely makes sense that I publish some pictures from Kuwait exactly now. Of course, I do not remember now everything in all the details, so the pictures are going to be rather random, and comments – short.
I stayed in a very nice apartment in Kuwait, that had the view across the Persian/Arabic (depends on whether you ask an Arab or an Iranian, officially it is Persian) Gulf.
Occasionally there were sandstorms. Nothing really dangerous (nobody really went anywhere by feet), you just need to remember to close the windows (I once forgot).
The Kuwait towers are considered the symbol of Kuwait.
This is an example of the cityscape that could be seen from my office window:
Guess what is that and why did I need it?
One of the most interesting places that I visited in Kuwait was Failaka – an island that is the Northern-most point of Kuwait, just next to Iraq. As I was told – it was the first place that Iraq invaded as part of the Gulf War, and when it happened – all the inhabitants left the island and fled to mainland Kuwait. The interesting fact is that after the invasion was over, nobody came back. So the island is in more or less the same state as it was during the invasion. To my knowledge, there are a couple of tourist locations (hotels, restaurants, museums, etc.), a couple of people that work there, and that is it. It was really interesting having a tour around the island – it felt very creepy, as if in some apocalyptic work of fiction. See for yourself!
One of the best things about Kuwait (and Middle East in general) was the food. One of my favourite places to visit was an Iranian kebab kitchen (you could not eat there, just go there and pick up some food to eat home). I’m still missing badly the taste of a fresh kebab with bread, hummus, fresh onions, and roca leaves.
Another thing that I’m missing is good sheesha (of course, I have my own, and it is also possible to get sheesha outside of Middle East, but there is something special about the atmosphere when you have a sheesha next to the sea after an extremely hot day).
Lastly just some random pictures:
The Koran:
Amazing