Friday Market - (retouched)

Belated Post

As much as I promised to keep writing, and trust me I meant to, I didn't.  The first half of the month was spent in NY, the middle of the month traveling regionally, and the last half with my beautiful wife.  Alas, I'm settling back into the regular routine.  Below are a few pictures from the past couple of weeks.

On a bit of a whim, and without much planning, we drove around the bay to some desert cliffs.  Apparently on a clear day there are beautiful views of Kuwait City.  It was hazy when we went, so I'll make another trip.

     

More Car Show Pictures... And A Question

Why (or how) is it that Kuwait can attract such a fine gathering of automobiles from around the world, but  they don't have a zoo worthy of a visit?  I've now been to both the car show and the zoo, and am quite certain more people visited the car show in 4 days than the zoo in 4 years.

Car Show, Kuwait Style

I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of cars the Historical, Vintage & Classic Cars Museum assembled for the show at the Marina.  I'm pretty certain the cars from the movie Car's were the biggest hit with the kids, but the loudest crowd was definitely the folks watching the bikes.

Finally... Camels

I was reading the paper this morning and saw there were camel races going on in Kuwait.  This was like a dream come true.  Unfortunately, no matter how much time I spent trying to find the schedule I couldn't figure it out.  So, I hopped into the car and headed off to Kebd.

I read somewhere that the area still has the feel of the "wild west", which is almost true.  The roads are well warn from the cement trucks and other large vehicles that traverse the road.  Dominating the landscape were power lines, camps, sand and camels.  Finally, I made it to Hollywood's Middle East!

In the end, I managed to find the racetrack, but nothing was happening.  So instead, I drove through the camel breading farms and took in the sites.  My favorite was the tent with a satellite dish (image below).