So I just want to reiterate here that my experiences during this deployment are going to vary greatly from other soldiers deployed with me. Some readers may know other soldiers deployed with the same Idaho Brigade. Their experience will not be like mine. I would go as far to say that my experience is far from the norm. I got to Kuwait about 7 days early, then my squadron all came and stayed between 5 to 10 days. They all traveled up into Iraq and I along with three others from the squadron, ended up staying an additional 2 weeks after they all left.  So what did I do for those two weeks? I saw a lot of the country!

And now I want to share the country of Kuwait with you. And I can pretty much sum it up with these next few pictures.

This is driving North.

This one is driving South.

Driving East was a pleasant dash of variety.

And when staring down the road became to mundane, we would look out the side windows. 

And sometimes there were traffic signs. 

                                                              

I probably wouldn't have figured out what this red octagon sign meant without out the English. Notice the Arabic script looks like two people sitting in a canoe. 

                                                                                 

Not all signs are as easy to figure out though so luckily the signs are in Arabic and English. 

But even with the English and the Arabic not everybody always understands the meanings of signs.