Things are going quite well now, am finding Kuwait a lot less daunting and more interesting. It is difficult to explain the differences here. There is a lot of similarities with the western world that I am starting to discover but I thought I might just jot down a few observations that have had me wondering about this unique place.
Empty Sky: It took me a few days maybe a week to actually notice but there is nothing in the sky! During the day there are absolutely no clouds....Not one, not even a wisp of cloud, it's just a blue dome with a haze ball for the sun. Sometimes it's not even very blue as all the dust and sand gives it this hazy look. And at night time it's the same not one star is visible. Once I thought I saw a star but then realized it was just a plane! Ha! The moon does look fantastic when it is full though. But it's just strange that there is just nothing up there!
No Camels just Cats: I am yet to see a camel or even a dog for that matter, I have seen one bird but their are thousands of skinny stinky ferral cats. They are every where and they look scrawny and sick. It's awful, they are out the front of my building on the streets, just everywhere. I just hope they don't end up in some of the Indian restaurants!!!
Road Works!: I don't know when they started the road works here in Kuwait but I have a feeling it may have been back in 1978! It's not because they don't do any work, unlike at home where you have gangs of men all standing around leaning on a shovel. It's because there are only 2 guys working on each project. It seems at one end is a scrawny Indian guy with his pick axe and at the other end is the Egyptian guy working with a tool that I am sure was used to build the pyramids! Slowly they chip away hoping to meet in the middle! I hope they recruit some new guys with some heavy duty equipment soon cause there are so many road works going on. Ok I do exaggerated a bit here they do have some trucks and things but still they don't seem to be making much progress. They just dig big ditches create a huge mess and have all the traffic going bananas around them, and I think I have already mentioned the smell coming out of those ditches!
Speaking of Roads: I was warned about the drivers but holy cow they are just indescribable! These people didn't even get their license out of the weet bix box they just got off the camel into a Merc and planted the foot down! It seems that the only rule that applies is that if you abuse someone you have right of way! Unfortunately everyone is abusing everyone so it always ends in a jam. I must say have seen some pretty interesting 45 point turns!
Shoe Shop Heaven: Unfortunately I have never been a shoe girl I usually own 4 pairs of shoes and at 2 of these will be some thongs (flip flops for you Northern hemispheres), however if I was a shoe girl I would be in heaven. I guess because for a lot of the women the only accessory they can show off is their shoes! This is due to the fact that the rest their body is covered up, they also lay the eye make up on pretty heavy as this is the only other part of their body you see! But there are sooooo many shoe shops it's madness, and so many different types every style is "in" here in Kuwait. The other shops are also pretty good I can buy just about anything I would at home except vegemite of course!
Mosques: At the moment it's the holy month of Ramadan. (Just a note; I lasted a day of fasting then thought nah bugger this I need some water!) However all Muslims are refraining from eating or drinking and pray it seems every chance they get, I wonder if they are praying for the road works to end? hmmm...But any way the mosques, which mind you are situated like Starbucks in America, on every street corner! Have this thing about calling people to pray they all have loud speakers attached to them and just about every hour some guy starts moaning over the air ways. It is probably fairly disrespectful to say the guy actually sounds like he is constipated but that's just what it sounds like! Although there is a little tune in his voice that does sound like he is enjoying him self a little, but he moans on and on if only I could understand what he is saying..It's probably like what Mum said when we saw the Pope speak at the Vatican. They are probably giving out their favorite recipes, ha especially during fasting time that would go down really well!
So there is just a few things I have observed of course there are many more strange things that go on in this city, my plan this weekend is to take some pics so fingers crossed I can put them up next week...I know I keep promising but I will try this weekend oh yeah which by the way is Thursday and Friday. Business starts here on a Saturday. I am now learning to hate Saturday's and Monday is hump day and Wednesday has the Friday feel....It's all very confusing I dunno what day of the week it is just another thing to add to the madness of the Middle East!
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