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Sailing with No Wind
Well, yesterday we figured we’d go and race with the KOSA fleet, despite the fact that they have briefing at 8.30am. But at 7.30 there wasn’t enough wind to inspire us to get out of bed, so we had...
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Sailing with Too Much Wind
Wouldn’t ya know it, the most interesting storm we have had in years, and I forgot to take my camera, so I have stolen an image of yesterday’s weather from my mate Waleed’s Facebook page: Today's...
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Say Shisha Souk Three Times as Fast as You Can!
It’s not that easy to decide! Yesterday I took my good friend Bahiyya to the Shisha roundabout in Hawalli. I’ll be honest, my heart sank when she told me she had been looking at the internet, and that...
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Tourist Stuff in Kuwait
About two months ago, Bahiya from Texas hit town with a big, huge splash. By that, I don’t mean she makes a lot of noise (on the contrary), but rather that she makes these amazing ripples which affect...
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Free Water
In Kuwait, I have heard it said that there are two guaranteed ways to heaven (which I believe is attained if you are a person who does good). If you have lots of money, then you build a mosque. If...
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The First International Catamaran Regatta
The weather was shite. High thirties (or thereabouts) and blue sunshine all day. In fact, the weather couldn’t have been worse for a Regatta. For starters, the two day event had turned into a one...
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Gifts for God
This minaret water cooler is at the other end of my lane. I am amazed I never noticed it before I started photographing them! In my last post about water coolers, I was fairly cynical about the reason...
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Ruby
Ruby came into the K’s Path shelter about a month ago, and I instantly fell in love with her. Don’t tell them, but I would sneak into her kennel on the intake wing on my way past to the kitchen, and...
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Roisin’s Here!!!
It has been three days since my beautiful niece Roisin (Pron: Roesheen) arrived with my simply adorable step-daughter Tash in tow. Even as she was on the plane I promised a close family friend that...
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Finally, the Garden…
Back in the spring, my mother-in-law asked for an update on the garden, and I diligently took loads of photos, and then forgot all about it. But I remembered tonight, when I was sorting all my photos...
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