Welcome to Day 9 of this 10 Day Travel Photo Challenge! My Dusty Flip-Flops has nominated me for this challenge, thank you my friend! My Dusty Flip-Flops and I have been following each other’s blog adventures here on WordPress since 2017. It’s always nice to reconnect! The 10 Day Travel Photo Challenge: post one photo for 10 days with no explanation…
Category: Kuwait
What I’ve Learned So Far On How I Can Tell What Country An Arab Man Is From By The Style Of Their Traditional Clothing
I’ve started taking an interest in wanting to know the difference between traditional Arab dress and how that indicates what country they’re from. With the more Michael and I travel here in the Middle East as well as afternoons at Souq Waqif, it has become clear to me that different Arab styles mean different things….
Meet Abdulaziz! Saudi Born. Citizen of Kuwait.
This door I was photographing….. …..opened to this…… I froze. Had I interrupted something important? Was I in trouble? All men looked at me. I looked at them. They saw me take the picture of the door, so I asked if I could take a picture of them. They said Yes! Then they welcomed me…
Doors of Kuwait
As I walked along Arabian Gulf Street, I was struck at the beauty of the heavy, ornate doors decorating buildings along the way. S, xo
Kuwait Towers
My last day in Kuwait, I spent my morning walking to the Kuwait Towers. The towers are a popular tourist attraction. During the Iraqi occupation, 75% of the towers were damaged. My walk took about an hour along Arabian Gulf Street to reach the towers. The cost was free to go to the restaurant or…
Sticking Out in the Crowd – Kuwait
Friday is the one day of the week many laborers and domestic workers have off. As expected, there were many groups of East Indian men out enjoying the day. What I didn’t expect were the number of East Indian women! In Qatar, there are many groups of Nepalese and Filipino women out and about on…
My Visit to the Kuwait National Museum
My designation for Friday afternoon was the Kuwait National Museum. This museum was a short walk from my hotel and according to the hotel in-room guide and website – it opened at 4:30pm on Fridays. Off I went to walk along Arabian Gulf street to take me to my destination! After a 10 minute or…
Friday Morning Leisure at the Four Points Sheraton Kuwait
Friday is the holy day of the week in Muslim countries. Typically, everything is closed, to open in the late afternoon. Therefore I allowed myself to move at a pace without purpose. I slept in, had a leisurely breakfast….then went to the pool and had a massage before heading out for the day! The pool…
Souq Al – Mubarakiya – Kuwait City
My walk to the souq was not far – basically just across the street from the Grand Mosque. But crossing the street was not basic. A bit scary actually because what if my understanding of the red signal means red stop light is not that….. License plates in Kuwait. I found the entrance to the…
Kuwait City, Kuwait – Grand Mosque of Kuwait
After a delightful breakfast, I journeyed to The Grand Mosque of Kuwait. I was going to walk, but at the insistence of the hotel concierge when I asked for directions to the mosque, I journeyed there in a taxi. He explained the walk is not an easy one and would take me over an hour….