A Battlefield Tourist

The Hunt

Sep 7 at 4:04am by David Tate

For anyone that knows me, the fact that I got to Kuwait having forgotten just one thing, is an incredible feat.  Too bad that one thing is so important.  Not to be denied, I decided to set out early to find a replacement cord.  Actually, when I left, I didn’t think I would be successful, but decided to try anyway.

The people at the desk suggested a place called “The Sultan Center”.  It was actually a secondary choice because everything is closed today because of Jumah (equal to our Sunday worship day).  Still, I needed to give it a shot.  I took the shuttle downtown and found my way to the Sultan Center which is pretty much a shopping mall:  Groceries downstairs with a second floor full of stuff.  Everything but computers, especially APPLE.  Didn’t take long to figure out.  Unfortunately the shuttle wasn’t due back for two hours, leaving me to wander around in the heat for a while.

I decided to head toward the sea… beautiful place, just no swimming where I was.  Found the Hard Rock cafe and all the US food places one could want.  In fact, I took the opportunity to have a tuna sub at Subway – How’s that for culture?!  In my defense, I tried a Kuwati grill-style place, but they didn’t accept US dollars… so back to Sultan Center to buy some toothpaste and exchange $20 as change, by then I didn’t feel like walking back to the grill, so bring on Subway.

I still had over an hour before the shuttle came back and I didn’t feel like waiting, so I ordered up a taxi and headed back to the hotel.  The new guy at the desk told me about an APPLE store not far from where I was… go figure, huh.  A quick call there got no response (because they’re probably at the mosque!).  Rejected all around.  I’ve resigned myself to the fact that I woun’t be getting my PC up on this trip, which isn’t good when you are blogging.  I guess I’ll try to sneak onto Roggio’s PC to pub my stuff, or use the computers at the FOB I’m heading to, if they have any.