Kuwait City from the Kuwait Tower

Why wait to go to Kuwait

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November 16th 2008
You know you're going somewhere different when you overhear people waiting to get on the plane saying "the last time I flew into here was on a troop transport with 300 other guys". After a late night arrival into Kuwait and a confused taxi driver I managed to make it to the hotel in one piece. The first thing that you notice is that everyone behind the wheel here is insane. There must be some b ... read more

Middle East » Kuwait

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Britain oversaw foreign relations and defense for the ruling Kuwaiti AL-SABAH dynasty from 1899 until independence in 1961. Kuwait was attacked and overrun by Iraq on 2 August 1990. Following several weeks of aerial bombardment, a US-led, UN coalitio... ... read more