Back from Kuwait!

I'm back.. it was an amazing holiday.. The weather was amazing in Kuwait... it was so cold.. below 15 degrees pretty good for mid November, and I wasn't feeling like coming back to this hot and humid weather, when I left it was 18 degrees Celsius and raining at around 6 PM.. and when I reached Dubai at 9 PM it was 26 degrees and was a bit humid.. pretty big difference.. A lot is happening back home in Kuwait... A lot of new projects and buildings.. more than what I can keep count of.. When I was leaving Qortuba towards Al-Riyadh Road I saw 5 new towers that rise high enough to be clearly visible from over 15 kilometers away, they weren't even there last year which is astonishing.. but I have one comment.. I hated the Municipality's New Tower... I can't believe them, they built this tall tower that looks just fine... but why did they do this terrible mistake at the top of the tower? Well you expect this from anyone but not the municipality.. I'm sure the roof tanks are not going to be like that forever.. and that they're going to do something about them... When I drove down on Ahmed Al-Jaber Street towards Dasman from Fahad Al-Salem Street.. I couldn't help but look around me and count how many new towers are completed that weren't there last year! on Ahmed Al-Jaber and it's surrounding area there were at least 10 new skyscrapers ready.. but too bad I didn't take any pictures.. they were all design marvels except for one that I didn't like.. The following day.. I was talking to my friend about what I have seen.. and it happens that he's on the board of one of the companies that are building one of the tallest towers in Kuwait.. So he drove me around town and showed me more stuff.. stuff that I didn't even think are going to happen in the old town!... not in my lifetime at least.. I'm so excited... the shape of the new city is going to show in 3 years... 4 towers are waiting for their 100 storey approvals with the designs ready for implementation... and I can tell you from what I've seen that they're amazing.. Drove down on Khaleej Road late at night.. and I saw the new buildings and hotels forming on the left bank of the road when driving towards the City from Al-Bada'a.. my friend was telling me about the rents of the residential towers on the road and to be honest... they're high.. compared to anywhere else.. but you have to pay a premium to live in a high rise sea facing tower. The new Waterfront is pretty well organized and I'm sure it was well spent on... I felt like getting a bike or roller blades, trust me that never happens except if it's something worth seeing... maybe next time.. I saw the new HSBC in Kuwait City, behind the Catholic Church and the Old Houses (Gezz District) and I was so delighted to see foreign banks infiltrate the Old City after almost a 60 year siege! I heard that BNP Paribas is on Ahmed Al-Jaber but I couldn't find it.. maybe cause I wasn't looking :-P I'm sure there are more malls and cinema screens in Kuwait than any other place in the world! wherever you go there's a mall! I've never seen this much malls anywhere! it's crazy how Kuwaiti's love shopping even Residential Area Co-Ops turned into Mini-Malls.. Not mini really.. like the huge Yarmouk Co-Op Complex.. I heard that some residential areas are going to have their own Cinema Screens I'm not sure if that's true.. Please tell me about that.. Of course a trip is not complete without a visit to Bnaider (bnaider is beach houses strip 60-80 kilometers to the south of Kuwait)... I don't know why I felt like it was deserted last weekend.. probably cause it's midterm's week for KU and other Universities... I didn't have any heavy clothing with me.. and even though I was wearing summer clothes I couldn't help watching a Quad Bike parked in the chalet so I decided to take it for a ride... my friends were all wearing Bshoot (Bisht) and heavy jackets cause it was way cold in the south... my expedition of Exit 258 (Bnaider) lasted for 5 minutes only.. my ears and nose were freezing so I decided to go back to the chalet.. and call it a night.. And of course I have to mention this! My flight to and from Kuwait was on the new Jazeera Airways... The airline staff and the Aircraft itself are Great! it's the first time I've been in a Public Aircraft that has leather seats outside of North America. The brand new aircraft is so cozy... that you want to go back on it again and again.. I really think that it's not a Low-Cost airline..... it's too good to be a low-cost airline.. the aircraft is so nice and it has 2 classes of travel... Jazeera Plus and Jazeera... the only difference is that there's a table between the Jazeera Plus seats and the food and headsets are free plus ofcourse you get to use the lounge at the airport.. I'm sure I missed a lot of things I wanted to talk about.. so my next trip is going to be documented.. Check out the skyscrapers in Kuwait