March 2001
| Traveling to the Middle East was
quite an adventure! I visited Kuwait and Jordan on a whirlwind tour that wasn't
nearly long enough. Most of the time I was in Kuwait, my luggage was in Geneva (note that I never went to or through Geneva). This was an amazing exercise in frustration. It showed up six hours before I left - just in time for me to haul it around. Fortunately I ended up with a lovely wardrobe from the Camp Doha PX! As a woman travelling alone, I noticed that women are treated basically like children. I couldn't tell if people assumed I was incompetent, or if they were trying to be nice. It was OK for a short period of time - if I lived there I would get frustrated quickly. Click on the flags below to see the details of each portion of my trip. |
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