It is 18 - 22 carat, brassier in color, and the designs are both more massive and more intricate. We went to the Gold Souk, avenue after avenue of small and similar shops. Sets of elaborate necklace bodices and earrings in the window and wall displays, so much of it that it didn't seem at all real. Items were priced by weighing the amount of gold and then calculating the current gold rate and the currency exchange rate. Some women who wear long cloaks and head coverings, also wear graceful high heeled strappy shoes.
Attention is drawn to the foot and ankle.
Kuwait Times reported on a prize awarded for disability access. At the last minute, the transfer people noted they didn't have my visa and there was a scurry to get it. In the meantime I had visions of another night, or two, or more in Kuwait as I remember traveler war stories of visa problems. All was well, but I get pretty worried about these details. I was escorted into the airport VIP lounge, large, carpeted and upholstered and still, while I sat waiting for 30 minutes while Salem took my papers, checked my bag in and get my boarding pass.