Kuwait Links
One of the things that some of the folks who visit here that are NOT related to us have said is that the list of general information links about Kuwait that we try to keep current has been very helpful. So with that in mind we present the lists below of Kuwait links and also just some general things that we either think are cool or otherwise useful. Please note that we are not in any way associated with any of these sites so I can’t vouch for any of the related content nor can I make sure that any of these will work from day to day. With the legal teflon out of the way here you go:
GENERAL LINKS TO ORGANIZATIONS IN KUWAIT:
The American Business Council of Kuwait
The British Business Forum of Kuwait
The British Ladies Society of Kuwait
The Kuwait Pocket Guide – the yellow pages Kuwaiti style
PAWS Kuwait - an animal rescue and shelter organization
Animal Friends League of Kuwait – another animal rescue and shelter organization
The Kuwait Times – an English language “newspaper” in Kuwait
The Arab Times – another English language “newspaper” in Kuwait
Zain – mobile telecom company – Zain means ‘good’ in Arabic – that’s not always been my experience with regards to their service.
Wataniya – another mobile telecom company in Kuwait
Viva – the last mobile telecom company in Kuwait
NBK – the National Bank of Kuwait
Gulf Bank – another commercial bank in Kuwait
Quality Net – ISP in Kuwait that we use
KEMS – ISP in Kuwait – they own the backbone into Kuwait and just recently started accepting residential accounts
Fasttelco – ISP in Kuwait
Gulfnet – ISP in Kuwait
Carrefour – French grocery store in Kuwait
LuLu Hypermarket – Bahraini grocery store in Kuwait
The Sultan Center – local grocery store
The City Centre – local grocery store
taw9eel.com – local grocery delivery service
Maachala.com – local grocery delivery service
6alabat – local restaurant delivery service
Gloria’s AKA Antiques & Handicraft Center of Kuwait – amazing source of Indian imports and custom carpentry
X-cite – local electronics store – the only reason to buy here is if you have to have it today – otherwise I have one word for you – Amazon
The Avenues – local mall (the nice, new one)
Marina Mall – local mall
Al Salam Hospital – this is where we usually go – we have always had very good care here
New Mowasat Hospital – another local hospital
Hadi Clinic - another local medical facility
The English School – where most US & UK embassy children go to school – stops at year 8 – no high school
British School of Kuwait – another local school
The Early Bird Cafe – an American style breakfast joint – bring cash and make a reservation
ERA Kuwait – real estate company in Kuwait
Rentals Classifieds – rental property in Kuwait
Expatriates.com Rental Classifieds – rental property in Kuwait
Frost Real Estate – rental property in Kuwait
AAA Housing – rental property in Kuwait
Century 21 Kuwait – rental property in Kuwait
Ministry of Interior – travel bans, traffic tickets, etc…
MISCELLANEOUS LINKS TO COOL STUFF
Tivo – with a Slingbox you’ve got real TV in Kuwait
Slingbox – needed to location shift your Tivo
Windows Phone Thoughts – the definitive location for all windows phone info
Gizmodo – tech blog
Engadget – tech blog
Google Earth – really? you need an explanation here?
Edodo – online humor magazine from the US Air Force Academy
The Hate Machine – online home of the fictional cadet squadron 42
EPIC – the fictional account of future events detailing the eventual merger of Amazon and Google
6 Degrees of Separation Game – online Kevin Bacon game
PJTV – Online conservative commentary
MyUS.com – US based mail forwarding service – AWESOME