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The gun is gone but the empties remain

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 05:31:55 +0000

Iraqi soldiers were sure that U.S. Marines would storm the beach in Kuwait City. We encouraged that belief. They practiced with their Russian-built 13mm machine guns. The Americans, meanwhile, came up from behind. Ha.

The television studio, Ministry of Information

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 05:29:25 +0000

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During a newscast

The moon rises over the Persian Gulf

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 05:28:53 +0000

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I had to hang out the hotel window to make this picture. It was worth it, I think.

My one artsy picture in Kuwait

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 05:29:08 +0000

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The shore of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait City.

A date vendor

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 05:30:18 +0000

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We think of dates as dates. But he had numerous varieties, prepared in many ways. The smile was entirely genuine, too.

A retail spice vendor

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 05:30:00 +0000

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The greenish items in the bin are big and delicious cardamom pods, essential for the production of delicious Kuwaiti coffee, a traditional treat.

A wholesale spice dealer

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 05:29:41 +0000

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Near the spice souk

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 05:30:43 +0000

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Getting ready for the day's business

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 05:31:21 +0000

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The spice souk itself

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 05:30:32 +0000

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Here, consumers, restaurants, and resellers come to purchase spices, herbs, and dried fruits and nuts.

Kuwait Towers and the Persian Gulf

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 05:32:40 +0000

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The beach is attractive, but beachgoing is not the passion there that it is in the states. This may be due to the fact that even the shallow waters of the Persian Gulf are infested with sharks. Seabirds are plentiful, and the beach is a great place for a walk.

An older commercial area

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 05:31:36 +0000

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Kuwaitis were happy we liberated them

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 05:32:10 +0000

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In the background is a once-opulent cruise ship that had been ravaged by Saddam's soldiers.

Kuwait Towers

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 05:32:24 +0000

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I like the other picture, with the strolling couple, better. But I waded into the shark-infested Persian Gulf to make this picture, and I'm damned well going to use it! Kuwait Towers are the landmark of that city, the way the World Trade Center . . . never mind.

In modern Kuwait City . . .

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 05:33:28 +0000

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. . . there are areas that seem unchanged for decades, perhaps centuries.

Street vendors are common

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 05:32:59 +0000

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It rarely rains in Kuwait, so there's no problem having goods out in the open.

A view in Kuwait City

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 05:33:44 +0000

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I liked the lower red sign

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 05:33:14 +0000

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I did not take this picture: it is of me

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 05:33:59 +0000

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My friend Jeff Young took it. I'm in an Iraqi bunker near Kuwait City. Saddam's army booby trapped some of these on the way out, but this one was safe, or I was too booby even for them.