@Kuwait : Last few dayz

Sea side Café , eating joints facing sea side are very popular here ,  they have developed sea side roads , beaches beautifully.Driving along with Sea side is visual delight  , most of the middle east countries have similar roads , known as Corniche. Specially MNC chain Restaurants , Cafés are located at prime locations @Corniche .

Kuwait : Honesty

Incident happened last week, morning my driver told me his car got some minor damage , like  a colour mark/brush on the rear bumper corner , no dent , also he found one slip written in Arabic & a mobile No.Later on after translation ,message was decoded, it was request to call the person , a Kuwaiti school teacher , who then paid all the expenses of the repair , small amount only but his gesture worth million.
Honesty , an example.

Kuwait after 20 yrs.

Sea view fr my Window : Oil Vessel.

Family outing, Sheesha, Bar Be Que , at sea side

Not much change in the industrial areas , as it is , same , also people , however Gulf Road like Corniche , up to famous Kuwait Towers , Saalmiya etc. has been developed beautifully , Greenery , Eateries , sky scrappers , Malls etc.
What I like about all Arab states is their way of enjoyment on weekends , it's like Celebration of 2 , 2 1/2 days , they just go out with full family (Pic) , almost 6-10 persons , with mandatory Sheesha , Bar Be Que , Folding Chairs , Small carpet & of course Black Tea in liters , n food,.they just spend time together somewhere away from home , on beach , Garden , below tree as seen at Taif in Saudi , kids play up to wee hrs , not only man , females also enjoy Sheesha .All this relaxation , fun without TV ,Alcohol , amazing !! & for us Outing , get-together means drinks , male , females in separate groups which is not planned that way but normally comes out like this only in couples gathering as males are more busy with their alcohol & as usual wives complaint that they are getting bored in these gatherings.
I feel we Indians are basically confused ,we are not like Westerners who are staying separately from their parents , bro-sis , get together on some weekends , with full alcohol , wine enjoyed by all mean M/F , and Arabs as said above but we Neither enjoy Alcohol as just like part of food nor live without like Arabs.
Pics are Sea view fr my flat , oil vessel is seen , sunset etc.

History is getting repeated : Kuwait - Bharuch , Kuwait -Bharuch

Strange coincidence ,History is getting repeated .
1993-95 I was in Kuwait , then returned back to India , joined an EPC company for their project with IPCL at Bharuch, Gujarat.
Now after nearly 20 yrs ,back to Kuwait for 2 months only , that also staying  in same area , as planned will work again in the same IPCL ( now Reliance) project after 2 months, however will not stay there ,only short visits.Hope that  positive things only should get repeated .

Kala Ghoda Arts Festival

Kala Ghoda Art Festival was held from 2-10 Feb 2013 at South Mumbai .We went there on last day , it was crowded  , I specially liked that being an art fest , it just not remained an exclusive arty affair , in fact it was attended by all walks of society , kids , young , old , all class ,we  mango people , amazing.found tooo many young photographers with their SLR's , a golden oppu for them may be mass media students or passouts. We were interested in Salim Merchant live show , held at Asiatic society steps , unfortunately being a small place or rather mis managed , it was barricaded , and entries were closed as it was already full ,we remained standing for more than 1 1/2 hrs , tiring.Anyways it was a good exp.
Special mention for the class pic The Godfather as our own Thakur , wo bhi ek carry bag mein , fantastic , creative.

Sula Wine n Music Fest 2013

Been to SULAFEST 2013 on Saturday 2^nd Feb.2013 , after 140 KM drive from Thane we reached there around 1:30 PM , entry fee was 1400 Rs , there was no welcome drink or anything , Bar at 1^st floor was crowded , it was like musical chair ,snacks were too expensive, I found BPO crowd only there , maybe I am now biased with NH7 Weekender , which was an unforgettable experience ,there were 10-12 food stalls just at the entrance, food was OK , also reasonable priced but open area seating  was quite uncomfortable as it was quite hot. After a session of wine , than Lunch we again went back to the bar as there was no choice either , had another round , finally at 5 Pm only we came down to see music programs , names not important as both the Indian bands were really bad , almost dead volume , no energy  , we decided to left the place which seems to be just getting warmed up  as more n more people seen coming, but found it boring. it was decided to go to nearby river side, clicked few sunset pics , that’s it. 

Quite disappointing experience , Expensive for the services offered , bad music.

Trip to Nagaon Beach with Hangout friends

Pic by MH

Well planned & executed hangout , 34 enthusiastic  travel enthus ,Gateway to Mandwa then Nagaon via Alibaug , It was too difficult for me to getup @4:30 AM to catch 5:30 Local to reach CST , I am happy that i was able to make it ,this trip comes out to be a memorable one , nice group , all professionals .
Ferry ride at 7 AM aha , nice chilly weather (16 degree) , ride was fantastic ,accompanied by  beautiful Seagles (pic)  , what a beautiful creature .Mandwa to Nagaon via Alibaugh by bus/rik .It was nice pleasant weather , the real fun was various rides specially flat inflated like bed , called Rockstar which is   hooked up with Jet ski by long rope , awesomeee man fully bumpy , fast yeah , Banana ride was also good due to flip at far off ( of course with life jackets ) from the beach.
Trip was ended with Beer session @ nrby Gateway with Roy & Mark  .