As I’d heard before coming to Kuwait, this is a country that unfolds slowly to newcomers. Thankfully, I’ve met lots of great people here so far who have helped to open up some of the cool experiences Kuwait has to offer. Amongst the best and most recent was a dance party in the desert. My roommate, Serena, and several of our friends rented a bus to drive out into the desert, to a location about 20km from the Iraqi border. We arrived at dusk to a group of buildings that had been heavily bombed during the invasion of Kuwait. It was a surreal experience to stand in a place that had been in conflict in my lifetime. It was also crazy to be standing out in the middle of a fairly decent desert.
The party was complete with a DJ and light projectors (although these did go down for a bit in a short blackout), with a dance floor on the cracked cement slabs that made up the floor of what was once an intact building. One downfall of a party in the desert on a humid, windy night was all the sand. Every time the wind picked up I was invariably caked in sand.
One fairly unusual sight compared to parties back home was the gas plumes lighting up the horizon from the oil fields along the border. This one was definitely a new and very refreshing experience for me compared to all the shopping malls and fast food around me here.
I’ll end with some photos, courtesy of Serena. Enjoy!
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