India - Happy Independence day

India celebrates her 63rd Independence day today. We bow in respect and gratitude to our freedom fighters and martyrs.


Pics of the Indian Independence day celebration at the Indian Embassy in Kuwait.



Indian embassy in Kuwait celebrated Independence day by unfurling of the National Flag by the Ambassador of India, His Excellency Mr. Ajai Malhotra which was followed by singing of the National Anthem.
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Ramadan Kareem

The start of the Holy Month of Ramadan

The Fisherman

Fish Market

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Setting Sails

Kuwait City

An ariel view of a section of Kuwait city. The big building is a mini mall. The pic's hazy because it was a dusty day.

Beautiful Mosque

Al-Kout Pier

In the background are some arches, a picture of which is posted below.




Location : Fahaheel

I have many dates!

Shopping

Most items available from 100fils to 300fils (Less than 1US$)

(Above) Refrigerator magnates [Notice the small, cute Nescafe bottles at the bottom)

(Above) Bath massage thing

Approaching Kuwait City (Capital)

Soor Street

Water Dispenser

The Fish Market Restaurant

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This restaurant is in the area known as Abu Halifa (lining the Beach road.) The food, although a little expensive, was extremely tasty. You get to select the fish, prawns, lobsters or crabs before your meal and then you have a choice of grilled, fried, steamed etc. The ambiance was good, the food, as I mentioned, was extremely tasty but the Fillipina girl serving us was a little grumpy. Maybe she was ill or something???!!! All in all, it was a good treat and we definitely recommend the place.

Monkey business

The monkey on the toy train

51 deg. Cent. in Kuwait

Beautiful architecture

The Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS)
www.pifss.gov.kw
Insurance, pension schemes etc. for Kuwaiti Nationals.
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!

The wheels of the bus go round and round.....

A public transport bus in the area known as Salmiya.

Recharge your Cell

Kiosk machines to buy cards to recharge your cell phone.
Zain and Wataniya are the big players in Kuwait.

PIFSS Dome

http://www.pifss.gov.kw/

And the view from the underground parking

... and a view of the walkway in the underground parking

(The dome is just above me)

Postbox

One can rarely see Postboxes in Kuwait now. I doubt anybody risks posting letters in this one!

Perfume Shop

A perfume shop located in the Scientific Centre.

Kuwait Church

The Holy Family Cathedral, Kuwait City, Kuwait

Doggie Style

A dustbin at the Kuwait Zoo.

Villas in Kuwait

As I had mentioned in an old post, each villa belongs to just one family.
I wonder why the middle villa has those 3 huge funnels? Must have thought of creating a replica of the famous water tankers.

* Clicked whilst driving 100kms per hour!

Ikea

Needs no explaination. It's huge on the outside and inside.

Those men n their machines

Summer's upon us and those cool dudes and their mean machines are out on the roads.

Vive La Kuwait

The flags are out for Kuwait's National Day (Feb. 25th) and Liberation Day (from Iraq) (Feb. 26th). All the streets are decorated with the National flag and buildings, trees, lamp posts and even many homes have fancy lights on them. Public holidays, so it's a loooooong weekend for us. (Wed., Thur, Fri, Sat.) VIVE LA KUWAIT!

PIFSS underground parking

This is one part of the underground parking of the Public Institution for Social Security. On the right side of the wall you can see 63" Plasma telivisions. On the left and ahead on the right you can see the sliding walking path. Just stand and arrive! The parking has a Basement 2, Basement 1, Ground, First floor, Second Floor and Third floor. The way to the parking (underground) is really beautiful. (Solar energy is used for the lights)

http://www.pifss.gov.kw/

The base of the tower

This is the base of the Ministry of Communications tower, a picture of which I had posted previously.

Link (Please Right Click and "Open Link in new Tab or Window".)

Ol' brown eyes!

(The Blue Monkey at the Kuwait Zoo)
Beautiful, beautiful brown eyes; I'll never love blue eyes no moreeeeeeeeee!

Dust storm

Bad dust storm today. They left us an hour early at the office. Yippeee!

I clicked this pic from my 1st floor balcony at 2:45 p.m. Will try and click the same view another day, same time when it's clearer.

This a way, that a way!

How `bout dancing with the wolves?

India's national bird

The male is called a peacock, the female a peahen. The male peacock flares out its feathers when it is trying to get the female's attention. They are omnivorous and eat ticks, termites, ants, locusts, mice, plant parts, flower petals, seed heads, scorpions and other arthropods, reptiles, and amphibians.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacock

My long lost brother

It was a sentimental reunion!

Kuwait Zoo entrance

It was a pleasant morning!