Today was fucking fun…
I’ve been looking forward to this for over a week. I got dropped off at the Stock Exchange Building and just explored the city. Although, the most memorable part of the night what I call the suicide photo shoot. We walked into a new super fucking high building that just finished. Since I don’t exactly look Kuwaiti, I managed to pull off the stupid foreigner act. I walked in talking English with an American accent. I told the security guard that I’m a student in the American University of Kuwait (AUK) majoring in photography. I told him I need high shots of Kuwait for the project. I ended up going to the top floor, the 28th. The view from up there gave me the chills. Thats when a man dressed in a dishdasha came up to me and my friend and checked out our cameras and the pictures were taking. Then he asked us if we wanted to go to the rooftop.
It was fucking awesome…
We opened the door to the rooftop and saw a full metal staircase ahead of us. Halfway up the staircase, which by the way was completely suspended 15 meters over the ground, the wind started to get REALLY strong, it almost blew my shirt off. My friend was about to lose it and clutched the steps with his hands, he didn’t go any higher. I continued up with the man. I went to the absolute top of the building. You know, you don’t really realize how high a building really is until you’re standing at the absolute top at the absolute edge without a concrete or metal barrier of any sort. I managed to take a few pics, although most were really fuzzy because I couldn’t possibly stand still. The wind was just so damn strong. Like I said, I almost lost my clothes. The wind made it very cold up there. The cars looked like toys. I’m definately gonna bullshit more security guards to get to more restricted locations in the future. I’ll try to restrict the number of times I risk my life per month to about 20. I stood on the concrete barrier at the very top of the tower, nobody around, extreme winds, straight fall to the ground if I were to slip (God Forbid). The wind got so strong coming down from the top of the tower I had to get on my hands and knees and crawl towards the stair way to get back into the building. Words and photos really can’t explain it. You have to get up there yourself and see what I saw. It’s fucking amazing. I’m not sure what the name of the building is, but it’s the new building across the street from Al-Muthana Complex.
Other places I went to for photo shoots include the Gulf Bank Building, Kuwait Stock Exchange, Kuwait City Park, Soog Al-Mubarakiya, Al-Muthana Complex, Yamaha Music Store, Al-Ghanim Electronics, Al-Salhiyya Mall, Johnny Rocket’s Kuwait City (Just opened TODAY and my friend and I were the only people in the restaurant!!!), BUT … That’s all a story for another day… 
This picture is a zoomed picture from the top of the tower, click to see full size, the actual non-zoomed image is too small to see any detail…
