Amateur Traveler Interview: Persian Gulf States
Amateur Traveler Episode 203 – Travel to the Gulf States:UAE (Dubai), Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait I did my second interview with Chris Christensen on the Amateur Traveler Podcast. This show is about the time I spent in the Gulf States of Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait. One note, I said during the [...]
McArabia: McDonald’s in the Arab World
Since I last wrote about McDonald’s when I was in Dubai, I’ve been in Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt and Jordan. As all of the McDonald’s in the Arabian Peninsula are owned by the same company, there isn’t a whole lot to add to what I had to say about McDonald’s in Dubai. I managed [...]
The Kuwait Is Over
My brief stay in Kuwait is almost over. I screwed up and accidentally booked a flight to Cairo at 11:00pm not am, so I’m here for 12 hours more than I had planned. There isn’t a whole lot to see in Kuwait. It is a small country, it’s mostly desert, and there isn’t a lot [...]
Kuwaiting Is The Hardest Part
I arrived in Kuwait last night only to find that the dust storm which had descended over Bahrain was even worse in Kuwait. I looked out of the window of the plane and it was a wall of beige. All of the countries in the Gulf which I’ve visited so far have had very easy [...]
