My trip to Kuwait City
Very nice! When i was there the ppl i was with, the 4 of us had to sneak off base. But a lot of time we spent the night and this guys family house which was nice. We went all over the place too but not like what you did.
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That had to be like 03/04 cuz that's the last time you could sneak off base. lol. I think they started shutting the game down in like late 05 early 06. Kuwait used to be fun as a BITCH!!!! Then they got all beaurocratic and crap and it became Arifjail round that piece. I remember we had to smuggle liquor over. Ahhh man. Good times. I miss the Army.
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We saw a monkey wearing clothes sitting on a mirror of a Merc SUV drinking a juice box today while stopped at a stop light. Now I want a monkey!
You on Arifjahn? I was there back in 05...and back in 03 but back then Doha was open and Arifjahn was just going up. Kuwait City is cool, but Fahilil is where it's at. They have a flea market out there where you can buy just about ANYTHING. Also, there's a lot of great eateries there (hard rock cafe, little ceasars, chillis, etc). If you get a chance, check it out. We used to hit Kuwait City for a lot of our tech parts and contracted work (I was a 25B computer analyst/programmer), but we never hung out there. We hung in Fahilil.
The water was some of the cleanest when I went. We didn't have the restrictions that they have now, so we got off post more often. We had a bunch of civilians (mostly from Booze/Allen/Hamilton corp) that used to live off post so it was easier to get off. The races we saw were so sick. Looks like you're having fun though man. Enjoy as much as you can. Take it all in. And try not to be around for their Independence day. It's like Mardi Gras times A BILLION
The water was some of the cleanest when I went. We didn't have the restrictions that they have now, so we got off post more often. We had a bunch of civilians (mostly from Booze/Allen/Hamilton corp) that used to live off post so it was easier to get off. The races we saw were so sick. Looks like you're having fun though man. Enjoy as much as you can. Take it all in. And try not to be around for their Independence day. It's like Mardi Gras times A BILLION
To get away and do shopping, we would go to the Avenues mall.
I'll tell you one thing, I would never get a speeding ticket out there LOL!
There is no need to sneak-off base if you have an off-post memo or PCS there. People who PCS there live out in in town or on-base as do the civilians.
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Hell yeah i miss those days. They even had cameras on the freeway that if your over 75 pix was taken. The captain talk to the whole command to stop speeding b/c he got tired of paying the tickets
Ahhh Kuwait were the USD dosn't go far..lol and malls big as 3 of ours put together.. its crazy how you never see Kuwait's work but they spend like everything is going out of style... "Arab money 4 reals"
have you seen the Kuwait Donks yet and how they be rollin deep out there.. really Americanized if i dont say soo mysel.f.lol. You should take a trip up north.. there are still bruned out Iraqi tanks from Desert Storm up there.. Nice for photos.
have you seen the Kuwait Donks yet and how they be rollin deep out there.. really Americanized if i dont say soo mysel.f.lol. You should take a trip up north.. there are still bruned out Iraqi tanks from Desert Storm up there.. Nice for photos.
Kuwait City is pretty westernized. I didn't have much problem with language as most workers are from Asia and speak english. For instance, I you go to Applebee's in Kuwait City, yes Applebee's, most of the waiters and waitresses are from the Philippines. A lot of the workers at the malls also speak english. Surprised me.
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Yeah. Kuwait is a good time. And speeding tickets speeding schmickets. I met a girl over there named Soha. She was born in Kuwait, raised in Cali, and moved back there. Had one of the nicest Bentleys I've ever driven (in her defense, it was the ONLY Bentley I've ever driven). I got in SO much trouble behind that..well, on paper anyway. I signed an article 15 and was susposed to be doing menial labor but none of that ever came to fruition. My CO tore it up, patted me on the back, and had me follow some contractors around for about an hour one saturday when they were cleaning (cuz they couldn't come into our building by themselves because of security clearance issues).
The Monkey is goin on facebook. lol
The Monkey is goin on facebook. lol