Kuwait Transportation

Kuwait City International Airport

by Ewingjr98

KCIA is a very busy, multi-cultural, modern airport. Just finding your way through the short-term parking lot is an adventure of avoiding men and women in their long gowns and a listening to a cacophony of honking cars...the poorly-designed pedestrian exit from the terminal dumps people right into the main road of the parking lot!Inside you will find a clean, comfortable, very busy airport. Before the security checkpoint there are dozens of shops and restaurants including 2 Starbucks Coffee shops, KFC, a Japanese restaurant, a Middle Eastern restaurant, a local souvenir shop, sunglasses shops, pharmacies, and others. Because many flights to Europe depart around 1 or 2 in the morning, the airport and its shops stay busy until the wee hours here. Sometimes you wonder if people come here as a destination in itself...maybe to shop and relax.The airport itself is very small, with only about...

Driving in Kuwait

by Ewingjr98

Like other places I have been, driving in Kuwait is different from driving in the US. Though the speed limit is around 120 kph, you will find cars going as slow as 60 kph and others speeding by at 180 kkph. Cars drive with no headlights at dawn and dusk, trucks have unsecured, bulky cargo. Sand blows across the roads, and camels run free. You will see more cars pulled over on the berm than anywhere else I have traveled.Good luck!

Kuwait International Airport...

by pyahya

Kuwait International Airport is 16km (10mi) south of Kuwait City. Kuwait is not a particularly cheap place to fly to or from. The airlines and travel agents tightly control prices, and few discounted fares are available. There's an airport departure tax of about US$7. From the airport, taxis charge a flat fee of about US$15 to the city; buses make the trip a lot cheaper.Buses operate between Kuwait and Cairo via Aqaba in Jordan and Nuweiba in Egypt. There are also international bus services to Dammam in Saudi Arabia.The best time to visit Kuwait is in May or October - right before or right after summer, when the temperatures are civilised. the Kuwait Towers have become Kuwait's main landmark. The largest of the three rises to a height of 187m (615ft). The upper globe houses a two-level observation deck, which is open daily and overlook the emir's Sief Palace. The largest tower's lower...

Getting Around:Driving...

by Divingmouse

Getting Around:Driving (always) and navigating (at first) can be quite dispiriting and the kamikaze nature of Kuwaiti driving standards should never be underestimated. The good, wide roads look deceptively easy to the novice until he has his first near miss (within five minutes of taking the wheel) and his first crunch (probably within his first month). It’s a strange day when you don’t see the aftermath of at least one accident). Road signs are in Arabic but most have English subtitles, however most of these do tend to be located at turn offs, rather than just before them, making last minute maneuver an everyday occurrence. The 'slow' lane on a three-lane road is the middle one, also making for interesting negotiations as traffic merging from the right immediately crosses two lanes of faster moving traffic. Unlike Saudi, women are granted the privilege of mobility but they still value...

road trip

by kuwaitimariner

hi are you still looking for road trip?

Not a bad way to get around..

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googoosh's Transportation Tip

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googoosh's Transportation Tip

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I arrived by plane, and...

by morgandk

I arrived by plane, and offloaded my own vehicle.Camel rides are available, and when driving be careful at night.