I saw every cop in Kuwait yesterday

Ξ November 14th, 2006 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |

There must have been over 100 cop cars in 5-7 minutes. They seemed to be escorting several really nice cars, no clue who was in them, but they must have been important.

Speaking of cars, I saw at least 6 Lambrogini’s yesterday, 1 of which was abandoned cracked up on the side of the road… Did I mention there’s a lot of rich people here and lots of high end cars? One of the Lambo’s was being driven by a guy who looked 25 or so. 25 and driving your own half a million dollar car, must be nice.

It was hot and sunny at lunch with a decent bit of wind, but by the time class rolled around, the wind had kicked up a small dust storm. Maybe half mile visibility and you could easily look at the sun with your naked eye without squinting. It wasn’t quite as nasty as I thought a dust storm would be, just dirty and annoying, not blinding and deadly like the movies make it out to be. It might be nastier out in the desert where it’s all sand and no concrete or asphalt to keep things down. There were a few drops of rain on the windshield towards the end of the ride home as well.

Class has been going good, and will be over tomorrow afternoon.

I had dinner with Heather and Tom from Kwaj 2 nights ago. We ate at some Lebanese place that was pretty nice. Tom also showed me their palace place. It’s freaking nice, all marble floors 3 bedroom 3.5 bathrooms, a small kitchen and a few balconies. There’s a view of the ocean if you go up to the roof on the 3rd story. Hopefully I’ll snag some pictures from them or get some myself before I’m out of here.

 

Whoever said it’s hot here was a liar

Ξ November 14th, 2006 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |

The night I got here, it was under 50 F, and with the wind chill, it was almost enough to freeze my but off. I can actually navigate my way around Arifjan now, and amusingly enough I’m probably not going back. I’ll be crashing with a co-worker who has a hookup on a nicer place to stay that’s closer.
 
Drivers here are a different kind of crazy than Afghanistan. I’ve never seen so many high end vehicles either; I suppose it’s like driving around Burbank or some other ritzy area. They don’t seem to care about their vehicles either, it boggles my mind. I’ve never seen so many vehicles abandoned on the side of the road, due to accidents or more likely mechanical failure mostly due to negligence.
Class is better now that there are labs mixed in with the lecture, more interesting and more practical.

 

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