Birdies!

Souheil and I were in Kuwait City last week to meet with the national oil companies (KPC, KOC, KNPC, all these K's that after a couple days you feel dyslexic). Anyway, KPC (the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation) has a fantastic tower just outside the city that affords a great view of downtown. You can just see the Liberation Tower in the very back, poking its spire into the (dingy) air. Haven't had a chance to get down to it yet, but hopefully I'll be able to get some better shots of it soon. We're working with a sheihk in Kuwait, and he's been intrumental in opening doors to these companies for us. While he's good for business, I'm hoping that he can use his influence to get me into the Kuwait mosque, as I've heard it's supposed to be marvelous. Haven't made it into a mosque yet, but hoping to one of these days. Apparently there are select days when you can get a tour of the Jumeirah Mosque (also very beautiful, will have to post a shot of that one sometime), so just need to set aside some time.

This one is a shot of these Lebanese-style birds that you eat. It doesn't look like much in the picture, and in all honestly doesn't look much better in real life either. But, they're marinate in something tasty, which justified me trying them for once. A bit on the crunchy side - you eat them whole (minus their feet) - but not too bad. I probably won't ever have them again though, as it just plain old feels weird to eat a whole bird in one bite like that, like it's an insect or something. Plus the crunchiness would take some getting used for us Western eaters...