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- SOME PICTURE POSTCARDS FROM OUR 5 YEARS OF
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The new Corniche under development
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Kuwait Towers
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The Sharq Mall & Marina
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September is the time for gathering the dates
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Now for some of the themed alternative views:
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- WATER FOUNTAINS - For the convenience of travellers, these dispensers are found throughout Kuwait in public areas or attaching buildings, such as houses.
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| Soccer Ball
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Painted Water Bottle
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Kuwait's Liberation Tower
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The Tower of London or a baby's bottle?
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A mini version of the large water towers near Bayan
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A mosque
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An urn
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A traditional Arabic door
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A more basic style close to a school
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A tiled version next to a mosque
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At the garden gate of a house
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A beachfront fort with wooden door
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Outside someone's house, this design has a New Orleans French Quarter feel, and perfectly offsets the old French car
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This fort is close a residential complex
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A wishing well
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One of the Kuwait towers
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Chairs also provided
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A plastic water bottle
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A weather station
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Another style of urn
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A new mosque and a modern glass-fronted 'minaret'
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Blue tiled mosque
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| Despite the rubbish spelling, local beaches are sadly
always left covered in trash for the army of 3rd World workers to clean
up afterwards
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A man on the beach smoking a water pipe, shisha or
'hubble-bubble'
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| It has become very politically correct in places such
as Britain to remove many signs of Christmas for fear of 'causing
offence' to other religions such as Islam. This is strange since in most
Islamic countries, such as Kuwait, Christmas is openly celebrated. After
all, Jesus is an Islamic prophet too, albeit a minor one. This display is in the middle of
our the Salmiya souk
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We liked the juxtaposition of a sign that almost
suggests exotic lingerie and the less stylish clothing on display!
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An ostentatious colour scheme for a new apartment block, not to everyone's taste
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The 'beehive' mosque
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| Cat Fish: Hundreds of feral cats live amongst the rocks along the
Corniche. They survive by mobbing fishermen.......
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......or stay content on all the fast food
leftovers from the many restaurants and bins. KFC = Kuwaiti Fat Cat
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Another recent ornately tiled mosque, with yet another new apartment block rising
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Some angles make mosques appear to be sponsored
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Our local tree house - a room to rent for social functions (and yes, those are real palm trees planted on the roof)
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Out with old and in with the new. There is very little left of 'old Kuwait'.
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- KUWAITIS & THEIR CARS - There's a lot of money around in Kuwait which means that it has rapidly become a consumer society, including many expensive cars. Unfortunately, many of the youngsters have more money than sense, and many wrecks can be found after a weekend's reckless driving, followed by obituary notices in the papers. In 2005, Kuwait was rated 5 in the league of the most dangerous places to drive in the world. Here are some candidates for the 'Wreck of the Week':
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You can certainly create a buzz in this stretch Hummer
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