I arrived in Kuwait yesterday via Frankfurt.
I didnt mention it here cause I wanted to surprise my family (I dont even know if they read this thing anyways:P ). They knew I was coming, but I told them that I am coming on Thursday not today (yesterday). It was a long long flight back home. It took me 30 hours to arrive in Kuwait since I left my apartment in Charlotte. I left my apartment at 7 am to go to the airport for my flight to DC (there is a direct flight from Charlotte to Frankfurt, but the immigration office in Charlotte is closed for some reason), where I arrived at 11.30 am (eastern time, american). My flight to Frankfurt was at 4.30 pm so I had lots of time to kill in DC. The flight to Frankfurt took 8 and a half hours. I had an awful experience, sitting next? a 10 year old Russian kid who didnt speak English, but wanted to talk to me for some reason. He bothered me for the whole flight, and whenever I felt like sleeping, he’d find a way to take that away from me. I only managed 2 hours of sleep, terrible flight. Then it was? time for my 7 hour layover at Frankfurt airport, which SUCKS big time. Nothing to do. I met up with my friend’s younger brother and his friend, we were on the same flight back to Kuwait. Time went by so slowly, we just sat there at McDonald’s for most of the time (which by the has ridiculously long lines, plus the food sucks). When boarding time came, we were the first on-board, I was so tired that I buckled my seat belt and slept before takeoff. I only woke up when the flight attendant tapped on my shoulder to know what type of food I wanted, which I ate up in a matter of minutes so I could go back to sleep again. I woke up a couple of minutes from landing, when the plane took a really strong u-turn to land at Kuwait International Airport. Where I was greeted by friends, stayed with them for a while then went home and surprised my parents, who for some reason were so shocked that I arrived 2 days early (the only reason I told them was to know if they wanted me to get something from the states) that instead of being happy initially, I was greeted in a rather negative way 
Typical Yazeed, wain ma y6igha 3ooooya
I went to sleep after the chit-chat of how I arrived and after handing out the gifts and stuff I got them. I just woke up very refreshed, the best sleep in my life. I want to go back to sleep and sleep for a few days straight. It was absolutely the worst flight I ever had. I hope I dont get on a Lufthansa flight ever again, especially after I saw Frankfurt airport. Next time its either KLM or BA or even Saudi or Kuwait airways (direct flights).
By the way Kuwait is really hot and FastTelco sucks!
Welcome home!
United airlines will start direct flights to kuwait from next October, Ow el 7amd lelah 3alah el salamah.
Ooh forget to say ennah el flights direct from DC to kuwait.
bloboz that is great news!
yazeez, awal shay 7amdililla 3ala salamtik, i know for sure ur in kuwait cz u said the two significant features: weather and internet
… the russian kid experience is weird 
and although u were so tired, it seemed u slept alot. continue so until ur biological clock configures to local timings.
how long will u be in town.
Hamdallah 3al salamah! (5anshoofik 3ad .. )
Lufthansa is great, as long as you stick to business class (laptop power/internet/great seats), and you can use the lounge.
7amdilla 3ala salamah!
welcome back to the 3rd world!
and get used to FastTelco! And next time order some vodka and give it to the russian kid.. its like milk for them! He would have passed out in a matter of minutes! LOL!
parents always get pissed if you come early! I have rarely seen any parents that are happy about that surprise! They get pissed! I never surprised.. except when I said.. ummmm maanny raaaje3! hehehe!
take BA to kuwait
just check the connecting flight
i had one from DC to london and i had to wait for 2 hours to take the next flight to kuwait
and i took from san diego and i had to wait in the airport for 10 minutes ( they called it as i was exiting my plane )
good luck with the heat
7imdlilah 3ala el salama…
I only woke up when the flight attendant tapped on my shoulder to know what type of food I wanted, which I ate up in a matter of minutes so I could go back to sleep again.
haahahaha yal eb6ainy
as for your parents reaction, sucks, i could picture your grin the moment you meet them and then 9afgat el wayh lol
welcomehpme
i hate lufthansaaaaaa and frankfooooooooooort airport
allah e3eenik
7amdillah 3ala ilsalama..
Hope you got the email I sent you.. See you soon..
The Stallion,
Thanks.
BloBoz,
Yeah I heard about that, I also heard that they are going to be super exepensive, like $3500+ for economy, bas i’ll wait and see what happens, the best deal for a direct flight is saudi airlines, for saudi students they have a discount, $860 from JFK to anywhere in saudi, but they are usually fully booked, and this christmas is hajj season so there is no chance for tickets and in the summer they are fully booked with students.
vintage,
allah yisalmich,
do i need to show u the khatma on my passport for u to belive that i am in kuwait
and i didnt really sleep that much.
KtheKuwaiti,
i knew they had wireless and usb but a power plug for laptops! thats amazing, i need to find another airline that offers that
Marzouq,
i forgot that fastelco had a problem then i remembered reading about on many blogs, i knew i would not like the internet speed, but when gmail took a couple of minutes to load, i knew there was something wrong
forzaq8,
i will look at BA’s schedule for christmas
Wer3Y,
allah yisalmik
waa,
walah mo ib6ainy! bas i wanted to go back to sleep ASAP, the sleep was good and i knew lufhtansa’s food is good, plus it was chicken biryani, so it was too good to pass up
Laialy_q8,
I feel you girl
MvYv,
allah yisalmik, i will get back to ur email, i only read the email before i left for the airport and i didnt have time to reply, when i got back i forgot to do so.
la shda3wa…
7imidla 3la esalama m3ak dhari mn el Q8 i just moved to DC for my father’s job and im like really lost in this city i used to live in london and DC is totally diffrent so i dont know man but im completly lost if you can help me out in this suituation this is my email dhari_8@hotmail.com
hey there darbar,
welcome to the blog
i am sorry, u misunderstood, i dont live in DC but in Charlotte, I only transfered planes in DC Dulles Aiport.
There are lot of kuwaitis and khaleejis in DC, i am sure that you can find someone to help you out there.
take care and good luck with ur new life
oh no. lol its ok dont worry i will figure it out somehow