Tag: Kuwait

• Beer? I have time for a beer.

  Before I get into this one, I want to make a statement. Travel isn’t about places or things. Travel isn’t about crap you read in guide books and magazines. or, on blogs on the internet, for that matter. travel is about experiences that stay with you, after you leave a place. It’s about understanding the…

  vern2011

  February 10, 2019

  Travel

  360 Tour, beer, Ben Franklin, Boston, Chicago, Dubai, Dubai Tennis Stadium, Dublin, Guinness, Guinness Brewery, Illinois, Inflatable Pub, Ireland, King’s Cross, Kuwait, Locals, London, Middle East, O’Neill’s, Pinterest, Sky Bar, ST. James’ Gate, The Bell in Hand Tavern, The Brazen Head, The Green Dragon, The Irish Village, Tourists, U2, UAE, United States, western europe

• Decompression.

  A sizeable chunk of bloggers on the internet is primarily focused on how to get adventuring. Those that aren’t are focused on the actual adventuring itself. The ‘look at me! I’m somewhere cool’ posts we all like to read so much. For self-inclusive purposes, I would think I best fit into the second category. I…

  vern2011

  December 16, 2018

  Travel

  adventure, decompression, Kristin Hughes, Kuwait, Middle East, new novel, Oman, Ubar, writing

• English as Your Only Language.

  So, I’ve been reading this book called The Timbuktu School for Nomads. It’s helping me keep my head in other places over the winter, before I start travelling again in the spring. I enjoy the story very much, and it makes me think of my own time in the desert (such as it was). The…

  vern2011

  December 2, 2018

  Travel

  Bangladesh, bilingual, Brassiere, English, France, French girls, India, Kuwait, Lauguage, Middle East, Nepal, Pakistan, Paris, Peru, Timbuktu School for Nomads

• Adjusting to the Weather.

  It’s been a minute since I’ve left, what had become, my desert home. I have to say that of the small number of things I enjoyed about the desert, the heat would be number one. It’s interesting to me how something like the weather can have a lasting effect on people’s impressions of a place.…

  vern2011

  October 16, 2018

  Travel

  climate, desert, dry heat, experience, heat, Kuwait, Middle East, rain, Texas

• Off on an adventure … again.

  It seems that every time I am flying out of the Kuwait airport I get seriously apprehensive. I don’t know why. This is my third trip out through the airport, you think I would be over it? Guess not. I always envision crazy things happening. Problems with airlines or customs, some type of language barrier…

  vern2011

  April 19, 2018

  Travel

  airport, apprehension, Cambodia, Expat Life, hassle free, international travel, Kuwait, Middle East, Thailand, vacation

• The first flight out.

  Its been a little while since I touched down in the Middle East. So far, it’s been work, work, work. I have been focusing on doing the job and presenting myself in a good light. But, all work is just that, all work. I decided it was time to taken a run to the airport.…

  vern2011

  March 1, 2018

  Travel

  booze, Dubai, Kuwait, Middle East, weekender