More about Bahrain later but it is a poor country, a strange country, and it's future is uncertain. I'm not ready to go back anytime soon. The water is beautiful yes, but it's no paradise.
This morning I wake up in Kuwait to my favorite newspaper in the world - The Kuwait Times! Yes, today's gripping headlines include: Saudi women battle the bulge. It's all about the obesity problem that women hide under the robes. Well I can tell you it's also the men and not just the Saudi's. Kuwaiti's are downright big and fat, and I see a lot more pot bellies on men and women who wear the traditional robes than people who wear jeans.
Speaking of jeans, the next byline reads: 'Muslim' jeans cause stir in conservative Pakistan. There's a new line of jeans that was designed just to wear during prayer time to allow more freedom of movement. Extra large pockets are added for prayer beads and and other items. They look like rapper pants.
Some war stuff is going on as usual but more important, let's go to the police report. A heroin raid occured last night, as did a hashish raid. A man died when a cran fell on him and a peeping Tom was reported by an Arab woman. There were several road deaths and a bomb from the Iraq invasion was found on a construction site. One reason you don't explore the Kuwait countryside is that there are a large number of bombs scattered throughout the desert from the Iraq war.
There's a full page article about a pipe organ in a Michigan chapel. That's something you don't normally read about over here.
Kuwait - today's Day One and two more to go.
This morning I wake up in Kuwait to my favorite newspaper in the world - The Kuwait Times! Yes, today's gripping headlines include: Saudi women battle the bulge. It's all about the obesity problem that women hide under the robes. Well I can tell you it's also the men and not just the Saudi's. Kuwaiti's are downright big and fat, and I see a lot more pot bellies on men and women who wear the traditional robes than people who wear jeans.
Speaking of jeans, the next byline reads: 'Muslim' jeans cause stir in conservative Pakistan. There's a new line of jeans that was designed just to wear during prayer time to allow more freedom of movement. Extra large pockets are added for prayer beads and and other items. They look like rapper pants.
Some war stuff is going on as usual but more important, let's go to the police report. A heroin raid occured last night, as did a hashish raid. A man died when a cran fell on him and a peeping Tom was reported by an Arab woman. There were several road deaths and a bomb from the Iraq invasion was found on a construction site. One reason you don't explore the Kuwait countryside is that there are a large number of bombs scattered throughout the desert from the Iraq war.
There's a full page article about a pipe organ in a Michigan chapel. That's something you don't normally read about over here.
Kuwait - today's Day One and two more to go.
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