(Muslim call to prayer)
- Happy. Nice day in Kuwait
- Huge, look at the size.
Kristina is the only woman.
So, I think we're missing something.
These towers were destroyed during the Gulf War.
And hopefully we are fast,
otherwise, the video's over.
Go, go, go!
(cars zooming)
I've never seen this before.
(suspenseful music)
This is very uncommon, to get inside the media,
the newspapers, and see the whole process.
It's way too much sometimes, when you...
(dramatic music)
- Welcome to a new country.
Welcome to Kuwait.
People so cool, police, visa people,
so far, very good vibes.
30 Kuwaiti Dinar is $100 USD.
This is crazy.
- How long is the ride?
Like 20 minutes?
- [Driver] Yes, yes, yes.
Maybe more, traffic, one hour.
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- We're in Kuwait City, just had a quick coffee,
and guess what?
In this area we found 9, 10 coffee shops,
within hundred meters.
Feels like coffee is something
that you will always find around.
The buildings are a mix of new and old.
We are staying very, very close to a Mosque
and we're heading now to the local market.
(Arabic sawt music)
- Quickly, we run, we run, we run, we run.
Ah, (laughing), I mean nobody stops,
so we need to hurry up.
I'm not sure we are in the right place right now.
Very empty, so I think we're missing something.
(Arabic sawt music)
And of course a market is not a market,
in the Gulf, without dates.
Kristina is the only woman right now, sitting here.
(saucers clattering on table)
(saucer slamming on table)
- [Ale] Oh my gosh.
- [Somebody translating] The tea, we give it, uh, free.
- Oh. - Free, for you, yeah.
- Now we got the tea for free,
because the server was finishing his shift,
so I'm not too sure I understood properly.
(teacup clattering on table)
- Yeah, I guess you need a sugar spoon.
It's very, very, very strong.
(Muslim call to prayer)
- Happy nice day in Kuwait.
- [Ale] Thank you so much.
Oh my gosh.
The local breakfast.
This bread is huge, look at the size!
Eggs over there, cucumber, tomato,
cream cheese, Greek cheese, honey, salad.
Tea with milk.
I don't get why the plastic cup.
Hey, I guess they run out of cups.
This is good.
They didn't add sugar,
but normally you need to add a lot of sugar
because the tea is incredibly strong.
(Arabic sawt music)
So, waiting now for our local guide,
she's actually driving.
- [Kris] Hola! - [Faten] Hola!
(suspenseful music)
- All right, this is something crazy,
in the middle of this bridge.
(cars zooming)
We're gonna sit, we're gonna take photos,
and hopefully we are fast,
otherwise the video's over.
Go, go, go!
We are now going to explore,
apparently some big towers, in the city.
It feels very quiet.
It's a working day.
Not much to report from here.
(dramatic music) Interesting fact,
these towers were destroyed during the Gulf War
and then they have been rebuilt.
They put restaurants now
and if you climb all the way till the top,
you can have the whole panoramic view of the city.
We're parking now to see an artificial park,
which looks very beautiful,
but it's like entering a shopping mall.
You cross the door,
then you go through the gates,
and then you are in this park.
I've never seen this before.
This is probably one of the best areas
where you can see the whole skyline.
The most iconic buildings in the city,
it's sort of an artificial park,
but behind us we have something very interesting
made with metal.
If you come closer where you have this letterbox here,
you see the desert, you see the Sahara, camels,
and it truly looks like it.
I found that super cool.
This is creative, this is artistic,
and this is in the heart of the city.
(uplifting music)
This one here is a memorial.
All the people that died during the Gulf War.
People sometimes they ask me for a picture,
but they don't ask me for my WhatsApp
or Instagram to share the picture.
They just want me to take the picture of them.
I find it strange, but I do it.
So, this place is a traditional museum.
You can see how they make carpets,
you can see all the artifacts.
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So, this was fun.
This was the weaver's museum.
You can see the whole history in Kuwait,
how they were living.
(Muslim call to prayer)
(suspenseful music)
This is very uncommon to get inside the media,
the newspapers, and see the whole process.
This is the first edition of the Kuwait times,
not only the first English newspaper in this country,
but the first English newspaper
in the whole Gulf region.
So, let's go together,
and explore this exclusive access to the factory.
I want to see now the machines,
this is how they do it.
(machines rumbling)
Wow.
(dramatic music)
The printing process starts usually at 8:00 PM.
They print about 10,000 copies
of the Kuwait Times newspaper.
They also print some other copies for other newspaper.
(machine buzzing)
Finally they start the distribution after midnight.
And we can see another printing room.
See who we have here.
Che Guevara.
You know Che?
(upbeat dramatic music)
You know what I was thinking?
This is such a cool place to create.
Sometimes we think if it's important or not important,
to have a good space to create,
but I really feel, after seeing this place,
that the environment is critical.
(water bubbling)
Okay, so we saw the printing area,
the artistic area as well,
and now we can see where everyone works,
and we have a section as well, where they do social media.
(gentle music)
(gentle music) continues
And this is the archive.
They have all editions of the newspapers,
and all the relevant research and backup files,
since inception in 1961, 24th of September.
(gentle music)
Yeah, feel free to ask.
I never in my life was a big fan of dates.
Never, ever, ever.
When I tried dates in Oman, I was like, oh wow,
this is actually delicious,
and those guys showing us how you grab two, three dates,
and then you sort of push to get rid of the stones,
and then you eat them in one go.
I really loved that,
so that was the best discovery of this trip.
Cannot remember a particular dish,
but I don't like sometimes,
when you put a lot of herbs or a lot of, you know,
spices and all that, it's way too much sometimes,
when you put so much that I don't feel the real food.
- [Faten] So, you're actually
describing Indian/Gulf food. (laughing)
You don't cook with the spices in Argentina?
- It's more simple in terms of you put, you know,
black pepper, maybe some chili powder,
maybe some oregano.
- [Kris] Black peppers already too much there.
- Yeah, you don't dress the food
in the same level that you probably do
in this part of the world.
When you visit these countries normally you say,
"Okay, let's go to the mosque, let's go to the park,
let's go to this place."
And it's cool.
But, but it's missing that, that spicy, right?
That condiment, that extra condiment that,
that you can only get when you do this type of things.
- [Faten] Yes, exactly.
- And and yeah, this is.
- [Faten] I hope you enjoyed today.
- This was the best part of the day.
When we will you be coming back here?
I think in three years time, approximately,
because before we go back,
we need to finish the world, 197 countries,
and this will only happen by the end of 2025.
(upbeat music)
Cool, this was so much fun.
Alright, so thank you so much for watching,
and as always, see you next week.
(upbeat music)