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Drive Through

BuYousef — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:05:02 +0000

It’s been a while since I posted and there have been many developments. The area is one big mess, but if you look at the big picture, it’s getting there… I can’t wait for all the mud to go and the noise of the heavy trucks and builders.

Instead of taking lots of photos, I took a short drive around block 1 (and a tiny bit of 2) and speeded up the boring bits. I will repeat this when there is a visible difference to the area I filmed.

Less than a year from now, this will be a memory and we will have a town that looks as boring as any other town in Kuwait I can’t wait.

In case you’re wondering, the background music is Les Hooper’s ‘Muddy Road’.

Filed under: Before & After, Development, Major Milestones Tagged: builders, cables, construction, hilton, houses, infrastructure, kuwait, mangaf, pipeline, road, roads, telephone, الكويت, المنقف

Roads by 2011

BuYousef — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:16:45 +0000

I found this document on the Parliament’s website. According to the minutes of meeting for Kuwait’s plan, Mangaf’s roads are planned to start (tendering etc which we have already seen) in 2008 and complete by 2011.

2011 !!!!

Posted in Before & After, Development, Frustration, Major Milestones, News Tagged: building, construction, road, roads, telephone, الكويت, المنقف

Life Lines

BuYousef — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:04:00 +0000

These really are lifelines for many people in my area of Mangaf. To be able to have been connected over the past two years (before wireless internet was available) was really really needed. It is only possible because of our proximity to the existing MAngaf telephone exchange.

They do look ugly but thank god they’re temporary. I’ve seen these all over the world (Eurpoe included) where they are used as the standard connection erected in front of houses and offices.