Hot, Rich and Humble ........ Really, you say?

It sounded across the city again- it happens every day. The call to prayer is an awakening to the dawn of a new day and it is a time when the day in Kuwait seems to begin. It is  a haunting sound, as the sun glows on the horizon but is yet to fully stir- I open my windows to listen. Today is special , however, as it is Waqfat Arafat day - a day  of religious observance for all. I posted the video to FB as I cannot seem to make it work yet on here.The time to walk is early morning so a friend and I set off really early to get our bearings - it was already over 30deg. We left at 5.30.
The city is not huge... the heat is prohibitive for much of the day but many places are within walking distance. Tomorrow tha plan is to walk out to the Gulf Road on the Arabian Gulf.

We are an interesting bunch of people- so different but  we are all here for our own reasons . We  will all find our way though as this fascinating place begins to reveal itself to us. I will absorb it gradually...

Yesterday I was surrounded by intense consumerism at The Avenues- a huge area foofed and cooled so "consumers" can promenade along 1st, 2nd and Grand Avenue, shopping , shopping shopping. But the shops are the same as is Melbourne, Paris, and all major capital cities. here however, dior and such are out in the open!
The facades are made as if they have a European spin with a cobbled roadway as an avenue, and the lights like the old gas lights on the bridges of the Seine. And the wealthy shop there!

Some of we less wealthy also have a chance to go to IKEA as I did and made a start on making my apartment my own!

I also have bought my own little "biscuit" a portable tiny router that I can take anywhere.... just need the new SIM now.

I am fascinated and I am eager to leaarn. I am humbled by the way that ISlam is the culture is Islam.

So
Tonight we go bowling , then off the a park fairly close by I think...

 THE AVENUES