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Kuwaitis define flash. Their Gucci sunglasses and bags are outnumbered by their Porsches, which themselves are few compared to all the million-dollar yachts they have docked at the many Marina clubs they have along the corniche of Kuwait City.

Spent a weekend walking around the city centre and concluded that my monthly paycheck wouldn’t last me a week here.  I love the Middle East and all, but heaven forbid Cathay decide to make this a destination and ship me here. The least posh brand I saw in their malls was Benetton, and none of my meals cost less than USD15. Ouch.

Didn’t realize until I began my stroll along the corniche that the LCD of my camera had cracked, so I had to take all my pictures ‘blind’ i.e. without focusing or knowing what I was aiming at. That explains the picture quality. After a stroll across the city centre, I went to visit our rep office, ate at one of many marinas, got a Hard Rock shotglass for big Ken, visited the Science Centre and window-shopped the big malls before heading to the airport. Not bad for a weekend.