Gulf Road circa 1960

I like how the sea and beach were right next to the road. [Picture]

Nov 1, 2009

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20 Comments, add your own...

1. سالم ولد بوسالم | November 1st, 2009 at 10:38 pm

يعني حزتها وانت راكب سيارتك تقدر تقط خيطك بالبحر من الدريشه وانته ماشي
ماترجع البيت الا وانته صايد هامور
2. Summer | November 1st, 2009 at 10:55 pm

I wish it was like this now!! ;)

Can you add me to your blogroll?
3. frankom | November 1st, 2009 at 10:55 pm

سالم ولد بو سالم
قوية :)
heheh
4. Bu Yousef | November 1st, 2009 at 11:14 pm

If it was like this now, we would have a world record for the number of drowning cars…
5. Mark | November 1st, 2009 at 11:21 pm

lol
6. Mish | November 1st, 2009 at 11:59 pm

LOL @ salem weld bo salem
9bgtni ya frankom fiha :P
7. Mr.pedro | November 2nd, 2009 at 2:22 am

Awesome looks like miami and california from car to beach sand :D
8. Naser | November 2nd, 2009 at 4:02 am

Everything then was better *sigh*
9. mentabolism | November 2nd, 2009 at 6:51 am

anyone know where exactly this is….just so that someone can click a picture and compare then and now….
10. Desert Girl | November 2nd, 2009 at 7:17 am

I heard that Blajaat street used to be just like that too – with small cafe restaurants close to the sea. Kuwaitis are still driving VW Bugs! :)
11. Mathai | November 2nd, 2009 at 8:05 am

cool!
@mentabolism, Bu Yousef did something similar in London, I’m guessing if we take that mosque tower as a reference point we could take a ‘then and now’ picture :)
12. Mark | November 2nd, 2009 at 8:19 am

only part of the gulf i know with a mosque that close to the sea is near souk sharq.
13. viewer | November 2nd, 2009 at 9:50 am

شي عجيييييييييييب
14. U2 | November 2nd, 2009 at 10:04 am

I belive Mark is right about the location… it seems the Shouq Sharq Intersection!
15. khalid | November 2nd, 2009 at 12:16 pm

i have some old pics of kuwait in those days that my mother gave me, i will scan them in and email them to you
16. Holla | November 2nd, 2009 at 3:51 pm

You know back in those days some aspiring young Kuwaitis would load up vans full of beer and go sell it on the beach. How times change to the fucking worse…
17. Q8Sultana | November 2nd, 2009 at 5:24 pm

Is that the mosque with the ugly pink/yellow fast food restaurant right next to it opposit Souq Sharq?
I like old pics like this..
18. Desert Girl | November 3rd, 2009 at 1:28 pm

Holla, now they are selling Red Label on poorly lit streets in Salmiya from rolling stops in their Jaguars!
19. Name is Bond | November 3rd, 2009 at 4:02 pm

Nostalgic!!

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