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Amazing Race Kuwait: Dying Laughing

The funniest part of all is watching the contestants on the Amazing Race Kuwait trying to find Souk Soulabiyya. The funniest thing of all is watching them look at the maps and say “it isn’t on here!” No kidding!

The coolest thing of all the the gracious people who help, even dropping their own errands to lead them in the right direction.

And the most amazing to me, is that one member of each team had to climb up the outside of the Kuwaiti water towers – holy smokes. Even those who had a terrible fear of heights were determined to make it. I was in awe of how they faced their fears and prevailed.

But oh, watching them try to navigate the roads – dying laughing! If you don’t laugh, you’re gonna cry.

Thought I had published this last night, but found it this morning in drafts. Drat!

October 23, 2006 - Posted by | Adventure, Cross Cultural, Kuwait, Travel

2 Comments »

  1. oh my gosh ya khalti – I never watch television, but last night at 8:55 I turned it on and found … a camel, being raced by a robot jockey! I thought: what on earth? and kept watching. I was sooo pleased to see Kuwait. And you are right, the Suq Sulaibiyya bit was quite funny – and the man who helped the lost team was very kind. I can only imagine that the truly amazing part there is finding a current map – even in Beirut the maps are outdated as soon as they are printed, thanks to all the road and building construction!

    adiamondinsunlight's avatar Comment by adiamondinsunlight | October 23, 2006 | Reply

  2. Little Diamond – I am still laughing! I’ve been the one with the map! We go out early Friday mornings, just to figure out how things connect. And then it changes. uffff!

    intlxpatr's avatar Comment by intlxpatr | October 23, 2006 | Reply


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