In Kuwait there is no such thing a a fender bender, every wreck is spectacular. I have seen all kinds of traffic in my travels but nothing compares to the drivers in Kuwait. Every highway is a NASCAR experience. The posted speed limit is 120km/h but that, like the lanes painted on the roads are merely a suggestion. In our daily travels we always saw wild accidents and just plain crazy things like a camel in the back of a small pickup truck. One night we came upon a five car wreck that was blocking all lanes of the five lane highway. The Kuwait police did not let traffic stop, they just simply cut a wide gap into the fence and directed all of the traffic out into the desert. We were in out Pajaro driving cross country between a Jaguar and a Benz.

Kuwait City International Airport is another place that is very different than what you might expect. There are three coffee shops (two are Starbucks), a very good cigar store a Fuddruckers and a Harley Davidson dealership all in the terminal. If you like people watching at an airport in the United States you would be fascinated with it at KCIA. Looking at the people coming through customs and trying to figure out if where they have come from or if they have ever been to Kuwait before. On one of our trips to meet someone at KCIA we witnesses the return of the Kuwait National Football (Soccer)team returning from a major victory in some other country and it really looked like a wild production for an American Baseball team returning from the playoffs. There we TV cameras and people cheering. It was witnessing things like this that showed us that the Kuwait people are not much different than us. Sure you cannot get a bacon cheeseburger at the local McDonald’s or Burger King but everyone I talked to was friendly and helpful.Â

Oh and I recommend the Yum Yum Tree restaurant in the airport. Good food and much cheaper than the American chain restaurants that are there. Â

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