Kuwait is a dry country.
No beer with pizza.
No wine with cheese.
No Thirsty Thursdays.
No Happy Hours.
No nothing.
So on Thursday night when we headed downtown with a few of our friends, Happy Hour looked a bit different. Instead of 2 for 1 cocktails, we ordered Shisha. Shisha is a flavored tobacco that is smoked out of a Hookah.
Since it was our time trying Shisha, the manager recommended that we try a variety of flavors. We ended up with three different kinds: lemon/mint, apple, and grape/mint. Mitch and I both chose lemon/mint as our favorite and a few of our friends really liked the grape/mint, but the apple went virtually untouched.
Shisha lounges are located everywhere in Kuwait, but on the recommendation of another expat who has been in Kuwait for a few years, we headed to an area right along the Persian Gulf called Shaab. I don’t think we could have found a more beautiful location to spend a few hours and watch the sunset!
Check out the Kuwaiti towers in the background. We will be back for you someday soon jet skis!
…because what is funnier than watching other people take selfies.
All in all I think that a Kuwaiti Happy Hour got the same results as Happy Hour state side, we got together with great friends, had tons of laughs, and woke up the next morning with a headache.
*Sorry for the crappy iPhone pictures….it is still too hot to venture out with the big camera.
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