Kuwait Things to Do

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one of the most beautiful things you can do in kuwait, is buying Oysters that is fresh salt water oysters, and open them searching for pearls .. you might get lucky and find the the big Danah (Big Pearl in local tongue). there were reports about a 10K USD pearls found in these 10 K.D bags that you buy and look for pearls, make sure to ask the seller where are they picked from, and make sure that its picked from a deep location. (usually cleaner if from a deep location).
Below is a mobile number of one of the guys who actually dive, and pick oysters, you can call him and ask about it if you want a contact, Im not sure if he speaks english make sure someone around you speaks arabic when u talk to him.
just approach them asking about "Mahaar" the local word for Pearl Oysters.
Good Luck!

As you may understand that water is the most important material for Kuwait and bottled water is more expensive than petrol.On the 3rd Ring Road you can see Water Storage Tanks painted in blue and white stripes. Under this tanks there is a beautiful park .

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Unfortunately there is no much "things to do" in Kuwait. The Kuwait towers were built in 1979 by a team of Scandinavian architects. The tallest tower is 180 meters, and is used as a water deposit. There is also a restaurant and an observation deck .The second tower is only used as a water tower, and reaches 140 meters. The third tower without spheres is there for lighting purposes.

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Kuwait Liberation Tower, the tallest structure in the Middle East and the fifth tallest free standing telecommunication tower in the world. This 372-metre structure is about 40 metres taller than the Eiffel Tower! It was named after the multinational coalition that liberated the nation from seven months of Iraqi occupation during the Gulf War. Despite many many guidebooks telling you about the restuarant and revolving viewing platform, neither really exists. There is no restuarant in the tower as nobody can afford the rent that the Ministry of Communication wants. The tower is never open. It is opened on special occasions etc and supposedly the view is spectacular, but I was never lucky enough to get in on the couple of days a year when it opens. Content yourself with photographs of it from the bottom.

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The Kuwait National Museum was planned by Michel Ecochard. Though the architectural project and the plans of the museum were ready in 1960, actual construction started only in 1981. The museum comprises four buildings set around a central garden and linked to each other through bridges. An aluminium space frame covers the inner garden and part of the buildings to create a micro-climate. The Museum was destroyed by the Iraqi's during the invasion but the museum is gradually being restored. Everytime I visited I was virtually the only person there. Show your support for the restoration of the museum by visiting when you are in Kuwait. The museum is free to enter, one of the group will need their passport or Kuwaiti Civil ID for identification. Opening hours are 9am to 12noon and 4pm to 7pm Saturday to Wednesday. Thursday and Friday you are best to visit in the afternoon between 4pm and 7pm as I found that the museum was sometimes closed in the mornings on those days.

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You probably can't miss seeing the distinctive Water Towers in Kuwait, but just in case head along Arabian Gulf Street and you will find them eventually as you approach Sharq. The bigger tower has a restuarant and an observation deck, save yourself the time and money and skip both of them. A 5 minute walk away is the Al Ghanim Restuarant, a large brown restaurant just across the road from the towers which serves great food and is very popular. The observation deck is nothing spectacular, better to try and get someone in one of the higher towers in the city to let you onto their roof to take pictures or see the city. Security Guards on a quiet Friday morning I always found were helpful and happy to show you around. Remember and tip them as they are taking a risk letting you in. If you do visit, the observation deck is open from 9am until 11pm and entrance a remarkable cheap 500fils (US$1.75).

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To find out more about the Iraq Invasion of Kuwait visit the Memorial Museum near to the new Shuwaikh Port Building. Inside is a small but interesting recollection of the events of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. Like most museums Kuwait it is open in the morning from nine or ten ish to around twelve or one ish. Museums then open again from four ish to seven ish. Museums are sometimes open at weekends and often not. Museums are generally not well visited so often a loud bang on the door is required for the museum staff to open up.

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Head out of Kuwait heading north towards Sulabikhat until you see a big ridge on your left hand side. Right along the base of the ridge you can hire quad bikes and go for a drive across the desert. There is no public transport to get you here so you will need to find a friend to take you. Many rumours exist about leaving the city and heading north so for the record: At Mutlaa you are over 100kms for the Iraqi border, nobody is going to kidnap you. The area where people quad bike sees hundreds of families and individuals every week right through the winter camping, picnicing, quad biking and driving, so the rumours of mines and unexploded bombs from the gulf war buried in the sand, must be buried pretty deep to survive all those visitors. Get out of the city and enjoy probably one of the best quad biking areas in the world one afternoon if you are in Kuwait.