Al Qiblah

Today I began my sightseeing with the Kuwait National Museum. It is free for a reason...still quite a work in progress. But it had some cool ancient artifacts along with a cool exhibit that displayed the various traditional professions of Kuwaitis. A lot of aspects reminded me of the museums in Bahrain and Oman, so I guess they share many similarities. Then I walked along the boardwalk which was ominous due the extreme amount of dust obliterating the sun. Might be coming from the dust storms in Iraq. Some people tossed bread in the water and the fish were viciously attacking the bread so you could see it disappearing in real time. Actually quite entertaining to watch. As I walked along the coast, there were a ton of people in the park, you would almost think a big event was supposed to be happening but I think it's just where expat workers hang out on the weekend. I attempted to make my way to the cultural center, but it was hard to find the entrance so I did a lot of unnecessary walking. Everything is unnecessarily complicated here with poor city planning. I finally made it inside and there were some nice restaurants as well as a cool fountain show that reminded me of Vegas. Then I walked all the way to the Old Market and got dinner with a new Italian friend at Freej Swaileh. Afterwards, we walked around the souq and got karak tea before heading over to the marina in in Salmiya and walking along there. By the end of the day, I had done 21,000 steps ugh. But it was an all-around fun day!Read more