Having already gotten advice from the locals not to use the mail for any correspondence I have made the experience myself. First of all, I haven't seen a postal office anywhere in the region, not even to speak of stamps. However, even mail coming from abroad takes up to 6 weeks to arrive. A postcard sent from Europe on October 12, was stamped by the Kuwaiti postal service on October 30, and forwarded to the Embassy on November 22. So, many of the Swiss at the Embassy regularly miss out on the voting back home, if it doesn't arrive through the diplomatic post.
Last time I talked about male driving skills. Well, this time it's time to give some insight into the Kuwaiti ladies' (this has nothing to do with stereotypes, however). Everybody here agrees that the women drive even more dangerously. Most of them are on their cell phones, with up to 6 kids in the car, ignoring traffic and pushing even more than the men. Last time one cut my path in the roundabout, so I gave here a sign with the lights. Well, she literally went crazy. Started to push me off the lane, braking abruptly in front of me and changing lanes like going doing a slalom..and this all at 80km/h..she was going for the crash...Must have looked pretty crazy from the outside.
Not long ago we've had a dry run of a fire alarm. This included half the fire station showing up. Not with the fire trucks, but in one car, for giving us a power-point presentation and a practical demonstration of the fire extinguisher. The guys probably didn't have to do anything, so they came to use for a field trip ;)
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