I noticed a special offer today on the NBK site for Hotel Missoni in Kuwait. They offer a special rate of 79 KWD per night but the Missoni website shows the same room for 63 KWD. What’s special about this offer?

I came across this video today. Reminded me of the time we watched one of them do about 3 paintings in 10 mins near the Roman Forum.

These street side artists are amazing. Usually, in 5-6 minutes they can dish out some pretty cool graphics. And only using a few cans of spray paint, some tissues and a few templates.

The arrivals page on the Abu Dhabi airport website is interesting. It gives you the option to search for flights that landed the previous day but nothing ever shows up. It’s like no flight landed yesterday!

Seems you can’t get info on any flight 1 hour after it lands. Makes sense since you’ll probably have past immigration and would be in a cab by then or even reached your hotel. But I still think they should make that fact a little more clear on this page or remove the “Yesterday” option.

Today afternoon we had quite the dust storm. Strong winds and very low visibility.

I went to the airport in the evening and it was insane.

Almost all the airport staff were wearing dust masks. There was a light dust cloud inside the airport. Even in the restaurants! It was quite suffocating. I’ve never seen this problem before during any of the other sand storms.

Bet the Kuwait Airways staff were happy they went on strike today. Or maybe one of them left a window open somewhere to make a point.

I just came across these airplane pics of Kulula. Great paint job! I feel more airlines should get creative like this.

I’m trying to imagine what something like this would look like in Arabic. Kuwait Airways, maybe a new paint job “تحلق 101” could be part of your restructuring plan.

On our last vacation in India we managed to visit the beaches at Goa as well as Chennai. There was a huge difference in the lifeguad / beach patrol services at both places.

In Goa they patrol the beaches in jeeps equipped with surf boards and other life saving necessities. The lifeguards themselves wear sea-worthy wet uniforms. They do seem more prepared for an emergency. Of course non of that is of any help if the guy has fallen asleep under one of the palm trees at Anjuna or Vagator.

In Chennai, I like the idea of moving around on these smaller ATVs. Comes in very handy during the very crowded weekends. However, these guys are not really dressed for the job and will need to call for help in case of an emergency.

What do you think is the best option for these beach patrols?

Ro and I stepped into this hotel for dinner and since it was Wedding Season in Sri Lanka, the hallway at one point was blocked for the wedding procession. And the procession was led by “Ves” dancers.

Seems its a tradition at most weddings to hire “Ves” dancers. These guys are amazing. They wear about 50 kgs (i’ve been told) of costume which is mostly metal. And they dance real fast in a very tribal fashion and include a lot of acrobatic moves in their routine. It’s very cool to watch and very entertaining for those watching.

What is happening in Goa? In most villages along the main roads you can see these “do not dump your garbage here” signs and people seem to dump their garbage only in those places.

I found this video on YouTube. Reminds me of the Jetsons. This is travel in 2121. I think most of this is possible in the next 5-10 years. Well almost at least, I doubt the bit with the Martians will happen anytime soon.