Hi, I'm new

Hmmm... That is a good question, what do I miss the most? I have only been gone for a month so far this time, so its still a little early to say. But, even though I am a material person, especially when it comes to nice things, I can also live without them. Most things that we have in the states we have here as well, the problem is 1. the cost, if you think of the dinar as a dollar, then things are around the same price here as in the states, but thats thinking as a Kuwaiti. I get paid in dollars, so obviously we always do the conversion in our head when buying things here. Thats when it gets expensive. If I got paid in Kuwaiti Dinars, I would be buying things here for the same price as back home, if not cheaper than home. But since I have to times everything by 3.75 (thats how much one us dollar equals to a kuwaiti dinar) it gets expensive. Here is an example, I went grocery shopping the other day, and the total price was around 15KD (Kuwaiti Dinar) Thats not far off how much it would cost in the states, I would guess about 20-25 dollars in the states. I used my debit card, and when I checked my back it cleared at a little over fifty dollars. Thats when it gets expensive. I do get paid US$30a day for food. If I eat at the chow halls on camp where I work, that is about double what it costs to eat 3 meals, but when you go out to eat in the city, its usually about 6KD for a meal, which is almost 24 dollars. So in other words, the 6 days I work a week, I save a little money, but on my day off, if you eat 2 meals that day, you have just went well over your $30 for the day. 

I hope I made since with all that.. I tried to break it down as good as I could.

I miss the safe driving in the states. Some of you probably just laughed about that, but its true. About once a week on the way to work I see a vehicle that just wrecked, and there are usually a couple dead bodies on the side of the road. Thats just what I see in the morning, I can't imagine during the day how many accidents there are. They usually leave the vehicles on the side of the road for about a week, so you are always seeing these things, Most you can tell the people didn't live.... On the flip side, you see a lot of sports cars, like Porshe, Ferrari's, vipers and corvettes, They have lamborginis, I just haven't seen one yet.

We have just about all the restraunts here as the states, but they all deliver here. Yup, you can call up McDonalds, or Burgerking and they will deliver to you. We have to name a few Chilis, Ruby Tuesdays, Fridays, Pizza hut, Hardys, starbucks and so on.. They don't tast as good as in the states, but better than nothing.

I do miss the ability to walk up and talk to women in the states. You can't do that here. Its very hard to talk to a Kuwaiti female, you have to be sly about it. Some people slip them business cards, or something I never would have thought of, they will use their phones blue tooth and send you msgs. This is a shot in the dark for them, because obviously you don't know who you are sending the msg to at first. Its kinda funny, but it actually works. 

Bad thing, you can just about go to jail for any reason. Unless your Kuwaiti, then your pretty much safe from anything, even if its the Kuwaiti at fault, they will arrest or charge you. Especially Indians, There are a lot of people from India, and the Philipines that come here to work, they get treated really bad by the kuwaitis, its sad because the Indians are such awesome workers. 

Well, I am going to shut up now, I just realized I didn't really answer your question to well. I will have to ponder this and get back with you.

Have a good rest of the day

Dave