Kuwait City

So I was on the phone on Tuesday afternoon trying to figure out WHY it was going to take three trips to the Kuwait City to get my wisdom teeth pulled when in walks one of my sergents.


"I need to know RIGHT NOW if you want to go on an MWR trip tomorrow." "Where to?" I ask. "Kuwait City, I think." "OK," says I. So, 0730 yesterday AM, off I went. Groggy and cranky about being sent back to my barracks to chend=ge into a shirt with no print. So that I wouldn't stand out as an American. Cause the blonde hair doesn't give it away... Anyway, We headed down adn after driving incircles for a while to follow force protection protocal, We got to Kuwait Towers.

Now, Kuwait Towers is a shameless tourist thing, but they are cool, and you get a great view! There were also Pictures posted inside about what it looked like when the "foreign barbarians" destroyed it during their occupation in 1991.

This is the view to the south from the tower. We walked around a bit, got a snack and loaded up to go to the mall.

The Marina mall was pretty nice. It is really upscale and full of mostly Eurpopean and American stores. (Claires, DKNY, Limited Too...) It was OK, but I'm not a mall person under the best of circumstances, let alone in a foreign country. I did, however, enjoy a Krispy Kreme donut. :-)


I was there with a buddy I work with, Sam, so after we pulled our guard shift at the busses we skipped out of the mall and headed to the beach. We walked around and took pictures, played in the water a bit.




Then we headed out into town. It was nice to see a bit of more realistic Kuwait City. We got lunch at a little cafe and just wandered around looking at stuff. It was pretty cool. We also made it back in time, so we weren't missed. :-)

After that we headed to this science center, but didn't have a lot of time. We explored a little and went for a wlk along this path on the water. All in all it was a really nice day. I saw trees, and kids, and water and grass. Everything was so colorful. It might sound silly, but my whole world is in brown and gray. It was nice to see normal people doing normal things. It was very relaxing...even if they did make me go to a mall. :-)