I'm going to just show you a bit of what I'm up to
show you around
this is where I'm at
this is the kind of country I live in
and I bloody love it to be honest
So this video is called 'Living In Kuwait'
I mean...
I don't know why the other 3 million people didn't make it but, here I am making it
so, this is what it's like to live in Kuwait.
You leave the house and it's kind of hot
you get home and it's kind of cold
there's deserts everywhere
when I say there's deserts everywhere that's probably the stupidest thing I've ever said
there's sand everywhere
the whole place is a desert
the roads are mental
people drive like maniacs
fuel is cheap
food is expensive
buses are cheap
taxis are whatever
the people are friendly, if they like you
and if you are of the right kind of, shall we say, style of person
I don't know, something like that
It's a cool country to live in, you learn a lot
it's eye opening
and
would I live here for more than a week or a month...
yeah
would I spend my life here?
of course not but...
there's nowhere I'd want to spend my entire life
When you first arrive to Kuwait airport
you may think that the airport looks slightly tired
a bit dark, a bit dingy
and it's true to be honest
it's something that hasn't received much investment over the last few years
but you know what, when you get to your hotel, you get to your restaurants, your nice malls and things
they're of much higher standard and they look a lot nicer, so don't be put off too much by that
Coming from a country like the U.K., it is a little bit of a culture shock to be honest
but at the same time
a bit of a shock but, a good shock
Sometimes you step out of the door and you get dust like this
it's about 38°C at the moment
So it looks a lot darker today because of the dust
but it's quite rare to get a day like this but occasionally you step outside and yeah
it's almost like it's a snowy day but of course the temperature is still 30°C
Sometimes you get these big storms
where
out of nowhere, you're going down to the beach, you're on a walk
the sun sets
and then boom
there's dust everywhere
you can't breath
I can barely even open my eyes
you do get dust, a lot of it in your face
up your nose
in your eyeballs
down your throat
Good morning...afternoon...evening i mean
little weather update for you in Kuwait
it's not always hot and sunny
today in fact, it's rather windy
it's rather cool
it's actually, it does occasionally get windy
when it gets windy here
it also gets rather sandy
because actually Kuwait is basically a desert
in that it's surrounded by sand, there's even sand on the streets
down here
weather here isn't perfect today but i'll tell you what
I'd choose this over England any day
to be quite frank about it
normally I'd send a snapchat right about now
with the word dust about there
the I show the little man with the mask on
I've got people beeping, but I'm not sure why
Okay, so i've just finished work now, just waiting for the bus which is the 102
which is going to come from over there
i've just met a friend
so unfortunately I was just talking to a couple of guys, one was from Sri Lanka, one was from Egypt
I tried to kind of introduce myself and talk to them but they didn't want to be filmed
so...perhaps another time, i'll meet someone who's a bit less camera shy
but, it's very typical here, being filmed or having a photo taken of you is quite a...
uncomfortable or awkward thing
so in a lot of the filming of this video, you won't see very many people talking
I try and hide the camera sometimes which is a bit cheeky but...
it's just not something that you do here
it's very kind of...forbidden
quite a good learning point really
if you are coming to Kuwait
don't get your phone out and start filming things when you first get here
because people will look at you and they won't like it
So usually in Kuwait I would get a taxi
now taxis...
from where I live into town which is about a 20 minute drive
will cost you about 3/4 dinars which is in the U.K. about £8/£9
I'm going to get a bus which should cost about 250 fils, which is a quarter of a dinar which is about 50p
I tend to try and get the buses when I can
they're good buses, they don't actually stop to pick you up, that's the problem
so you'll find it comes along, it slows down to about walking speed, maybe 5/10mph
little bit less, and then you just hop on
sometimes you pay
sometimes it's too much hassle, so you just sit down and they don't even want you to (pay)
so just approaching the bus stop now
you can see it's basically just a space under this bridge where people gather
you don't tend to get many Brits, Americans, or Australian people getting the bus for some reason
I don't know why but...
it tends to be mostly Indian people or Sri Lankan workers who get the bus
and i think there might be one coming now actually
unless there's a load of people getting on
i'm just going to have to hop off
I'm going to walk now and pretend like i'm filming myself because
people get a bit funny about filming stuff
i'll take you on a little bit of a walk
through Fintas
people will probably start looking a me a little bit funny in a minute
but if I keep talking
it shouldn't kind of be too suspicious
although i'll probably stop the camera about now
so if you come shopping in an Arabic supermarket
there's a good chance, yep, if you come about now you'll hear the call to prayer
called out so there is that which is quite interesting
that's the call to prayer
so that will be played out 5 times a day
in supermarkets, in the mosques, if you're in the street you'll hear it
and you kind of just hear it everywhere
it's kind of projected across the country, across the city
even if you're shopping
Labour is so cheap here in Kuwait
that supermarkets can afford
to employ about 12 packers per one customer
so they're all there, all these people in grey shirts
are there just to put one person's loaf of bread and milk into a bag
If you're at home and your kettle breaks
don't expect to find to buy a kettle
because you won't find even a kettle in the supermarket
and there's just not even a kettle, I can't even boil water
little things like that are a bit frustrating
So i'm back now in my apartment
my battery died on the walk back
didn't find a kettle
which is really annoying because I just want a cup of tea
but...on the plus side
in Kuwait you can pick up very good food
for not that much
I just bought this curry
I haven't opened it yet, let's see what's inside
oh... it's like a biryani
so it's like a pretty... and there's all the sauce and stuff
and there's... I hope there's some chicken in there
can't see much but... picked that up for a KD
a couple of quid so
food here is good
easy to get, you can get get all sorts of stuff
I like a curry, it's a Thursday... so Thursday curry
but if you want a kettle, go to Argos.
that is really, really good
Hi everyone,
at the risk of making you all jealous
I just thought i'd say hi
form the Movenpick beach, Kuwait
It's about, what is it, 42°C
42°C
pretty hot, probably about to get arrested for having my phone out but i'll do it subtly
so let's have a look over here
got some nice trees
it's pretty hot just had a nice brunch
the pool is over here
we're not allowed in
because we're not actually members here yet
but we kind of sneaked in somehow
so yeah, it's all good
hope it's nice back home and speak to you all soon
Less then 12 hours later i'm back now
nice and warm and sunny and going to go home now to bed
so see you all soon
BYE
♪ singing 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' by Elton John ♪
so my daily routine
consists of
coming home
climbing the roof
bringing with me my mat
kind of like a yoga, exercise type mat
but I love sitting on the floor
and...
I watch the sun go down
and, you can kind of see it, it's kind of amazing
got some guys here on quad bikes
so that's kind of cool