Lifting weight up!

The notice inside any lift indicates the maximum load limit in terms of weight and passsengers.  Per passenger, this particular lift allows for 78 kg. 

Every time I enter a lift I do think why do they not put a small indicator to show the current load inside.  Should not require any hi-funda technology to do this, I guess. If it was there, it would make things so much easier when you travel abroad.  Just put your baggages inside the lift to know if you have excess baggage.  Good suggestion?

At first look, with the red colored heading, it appears like a warning sign.  However, it is a welcome sign with information to the visitors that they are entering the Kuwait Free Trade Zone (KFTZ) area.

Keeping count of country's assets

Seen in the picture is a pedestrian bridge over Road No.50, with serial number 01/500.  It is not the first bridge out of the total 5, however.   It is the first bridge on Road No.50 and for some reason Road No.50 is marked 500 on this board. 

I keenly watched another such bridge over Road No.40 and it was marked 1/400!  Can we say that the usefulness of these pedestrian bridges make it count?

Any whichever way, it is interesting to see Kuwait Government keeping a tab on its "fixed" assets!

Wash Smart

Most people like to dress smart.  How to wash the smart way? Simple! Use a launderer instead of taking the pain!

Is there really recession and economic slowdown?

Crowd at Avenues Mall, Kuwait

This is the crowd one sees at a shopping mall during what is considered to be times of economic slowdown.  This scene may be common to any place in the world.  Retail outlets do great business, cinema halls are full, amusement parks continue to attract crowd, people keep undertaking vacation travels to exotic locations and buying trendy clothes and state of the art electronics never seems to stop.

If this is slowdown, then what will happen when the economy recovers?  (Thanks to my friend T P Anand, Dubai for this interesting thought)

Go International with just KD 55

No, you cannot travel international destinations with KD 55 physically.  But you can do it with your mobile, entering the Information Superhighway!  An advertisement from VIVA mobile symbolically depicting international with various country flags. On a random check, I think each country is represented thrice in this banner.  Captured at Avenues Mall, Kuwait.

Shopping profitably

At the airport, duty free shopping is supposed to save you some money.  If the added attraction of chance to win a glittering Harley Davidson is thrown in, the Duty Free shopping can become profitable.  Photo taken at Kuwait Airport Duty Free shopping area.

Kuwait Aqua Park

Kuwait Aqua Park, aerial shot from Kuwait Water Towers

Located near the Kuwait Water Towers, Kuwait Aqua park is a popular destination for the kids, and of course adults escorting the kids to the park.  Inaugurated in 1995, it is said to be the first and biggest in the gulf region spread over a surface area of 60000 square meters. Click here to visit their website

In search of a name?

The owner has obviously decided to open a pharmacy and even more obviously has still not decided on the name!  May be one idea to keep the people guessing of which brand is coming up?

They would have really travelled extensively

Containers lying near the Kuwait Port under the scorching sun.

Experiencing the heat, even as I was taking the picture, I started wondering about the radiation level inside these containers.

Serving many people around the world, these containers would have travelled across the globe many times over!