Traveling KUWAIT - How Money Changed This Country Forever

Travel with us to Kuwait and discover how in less than 100 years this country went from a group of desert tribes to one of the richest nations alive.
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We are Joe and Liisu, full-time travelers from Estonia on a mission to break stereotypes, show diverse cultures and wander in the magical nature. Joe, a seasoned traveler of 8 years, began his journey while working in Australia, New Zealand and Canada (holding over 25 different jobs). Liisu, a former medical doctor, joined the adventure 2 years ago. Now we live on the road, exploring the world either from our backpacks or in a van.

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  • @giannishen
    @giannishen3 ай бұрын

    This is really a special experience. I’m so happy to get to know this country through your channel! Their friendliness was very impressive and I hope I can visit there one day too! I like your optimistic, positive, and calm attitude. No matter which country you are in, my mood will get better after watching you! Thanks a lot for sharing, really super great job! 👍🤩🙌

  • @WildVikingTravels

    @WildVikingTravels

    3 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @giannishen

    @giannishen

    3 ай бұрын

    @@WildVikingTravels It is my honor, thanks to you too! Take care! Happy travels! 👍🥰🙏

  • @PriscillaChindah

    @PriscillaChindah

    26 күн бұрын

    Capital trade hub

  • @AMG_Official
    @AMG_Official3 ай бұрын

    Hello there! I’m super glad you enjoyed Kuwait, first of all I’m happy about your thoughts on us. And to talk about the two negatives at the end of the video I first have to say thanks for stating them, we need people to know about these problems and actively try to stop it. Secondly, while we don’t have a lot of green power we are working on it, the government is building the Shegayah green power plan in southern Kuwait which has a solar farm, wind turbines, and other green methods to create electricity. Thirdly, the pollution is a horrible thing that we Kuwaitis are also actively trying to tone down on, the government also added more environmentally friendly laws on industries and all that but still we need more work. Finally the littering, that is one thing me as a Kuwaiti have been acting against this, though it’s still largely present which is a sad thing I like to think it’s getting better because of the knowledge people have nowadays. I am not trying to devalue your comments since they’re actually valid, I’m just explaining what we as a country have been doing. I think personally the green energy will be the easiest to implement and the littering the hardest to stop 😢 Anywho I hope you’ll visit soon cause I’ll be inviting you to a lot of museums!!

  • @Don_Boftain
    @Don_Boftain10 күн бұрын

    Welcome to your second Country ❤️ 🇰🇼

  • @WonderfulWorld316
    @WonderfulWorld3163 ай бұрын

    I'm so glad you visited this country and shared it with us. Also that you showed both sides of the 'coin'. Happy, safe travels!

  • @PapaD104
    @PapaD10411 күн бұрын

    Thoroughly enjoyed your video. You showed the locals in a positive light. Very well done.

  • @WildVikingTravels

    @WildVikingTravels

    10 күн бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @tareqalmu883
    @tareqalmu8833 ай бұрын

    You video headline is wrong Kuwait mostly grew from the sea trading , in summer pearl trading and winter is trading between Africa and India because Kuwaiti where very good in building wooden large boats. I come from Kuwait and we never grew with camels. There is nothing with camels it’s beautiful animal and God best creation

  • @WildVikingTravels

    @WildVikingTravels

    3 ай бұрын

    You are correct, I will get it changed

  • @Alajmi123

    @Alajmi123

    Ай бұрын

    That’s wrong the camel is part of our culture

  • @PriscillaChindah

    @PriscillaChindah

    26 күн бұрын

    Motohobo

  • @blockremove

    @blockremove

    18 күн бұрын

    "Your origins are from Persia, and you are not an indigenous inhabitant of the Arabian Peninsula! How dare you say this to the visitor! The desert and camels are an integral part of the culture of the entire Arabian Peninsula, from Kuwait to the farthest reaches of Saudi Arabia, you distorter of history and cultures."

  • @blockremove

    @blockremove

    18 күн бұрын

    @@WildVikingTravels "Welcome to your second country, Kuwait, and among your brothers."

  • @maryamaldamkhii
    @maryamaldamkhii3 ай бұрын

    This is an awesome video, i liked how true you represented your experience from the places you visited, prices, people… etc., as for littering my heartache when i see it after people hangout. Fortunately, Kuwait published EPA (Environmental Public Authority) in the late 1990s and is also developing its environmental laws to keep up with the fast urbanization and all the pollution that comes with city life. So, after the camping season is over(March), campaigns are made by the EPA to clean up the desert, in addition violates camps that harm the desert habitat since all these temporary camps are authorized by the municipality and paid insurance to the country. Thanks again for your true feedback and representing my country beautifully!

  • @theobservant6173
    @theobservant61733 ай бұрын

    The efforts you are putting in your videos is just amazing 👏🏻 to see and of course experience through your videos🎉🎉. Keep it up🥳🥳

  • @WildVikingTravels

    @WildVikingTravels

    3 ай бұрын

    Wow, thank you! We do our best 😊👍

  • @kandiblick3822
    @kandiblick38223 ай бұрын

    Thank you for another fantastic video! It's wonderful how you attract so much kindness ❤

  • @WildVikingTravels

    @WildVikingTravels

    3 ай бұрын

    😊 thank you

  • @peacocklava
    @peacocklava5 күн бұрын

    Fantastic vlog

  • @mikebourke1185
    @mikebourke11853 ай бұрын

    Hey Joe and Liisu What a Fantastic Experience 👏 Stay Free and Safe Travels 😀 🙏 ✨

  • @WildVikingTravels

    @WildVikingTravels

    3 ай бұрын

    Thank you! You too!

  • @Esme815
    @Esme8153 ай бұрын

    So beautiful I would Love to visit this beautiful country and meet their awesome people🥳

  • @alzaytooni
    @alzaytooniАй бұрын

    سبحان الله عندما دخلوا المسجد .. سمعنا الاية الكريمة .. الذين اتخذوا من دون الله اولياء .. صدق الله العظيم .. اتمني الهداية لهم .. ومرحبا بالجميع في الكويت

  • @PriscillaChindah

    @PriscillaChindah

    26 күн бұрын

    Hoto

  • @al-muatasimal-azri370
    @al-muatasimal-azri3703 ай бұрын

    Great job,,, I just saw you in Oman and I’m so excited to see your coverage here,,, keep it up ✌️

  • @WildVikingTravels

    @WildVikingTravels

    3 ай бұрын

    Heyhey. Thanks! Ohh Oman has been really wonderful so far 👍😅.

  • @vfimf
    @vfimf3 ай бұрын

    Keep up ! Looks good !

  • @WildVikingTravels

    @WildVikingTravels

    3 ай бұрын

    Thanks, will do!

  • @Aaopp22
    @Aaopp223 ай бұрын

    Kuwait is a NYC of the middle east 😍

  • @markjordan750
    @markjordan7503 ай бұрын

    @joe you actually have a very distinctive look you could model so do not sell youselve short as having influencer potential and @Liisu you are so sweet and always look quietly amused!!!

  • @vincentdicillo3567
    @vincentdicillo35673 ай бұрын

    Awesome

  • @karelmuller6716
    @karelmuller67163 ай бұрын

    how do they call cafe americano in kuwait? nice video from you guys

  • @adrianroyle4425
    @adrianroyle44253 ай бұрын

    Another interesting video guys. As you are in the Gulf I do TOTALLY recommend Oman. I visited solo a few years ago, just birdwatching. I thoroughly enjoyed it, super friendly people of course, Arabs and south Asians, great landscapes and no skyscrapers. Oman has stayed low level and retained more of its traditions than elsewhere in the Gulf. Plus you can legally camp anywhere in the desert and mountains or along the coast.

  • @WildVikingTravels

    @WildVikingTravels

    3 ай бұрын

    Ohh man, we actually just made it to Oman and first impressions are absolutely amazing! It feel like the kind of Arabia you see from the movies 🤣👍

  • @adrianroyle4425

    @adrianroyle4425

    3 ай бұрын

    Totally, you'll love it but don't get stuck in the Empty Quarter 😎

  • @user-vl9mx5mr4c
    @user-vl9mx5mr4c2 ай бұрын

    Kuwait has plenty of oil and cheap with low sulphur in it , extremely rich , but they don’t keep investment in their country , they have many big refineries in oman and African countries

  • @m7_alenizi
    @m7_alenizi14 күн бұрын

    Welcome to Kuwait 🤍🤍

  • @sheikha.flavia
    @sheikha.flavia2 ай бұрын

    Was the visa easy?

  • @evelinsaarva7876
    @evelinsaarva78763 ай бұрын

    👍❤

  • @ramsessanty1221
    @ramsessanty12213 ай бұрын

    Pearl monument in Qatar in a Kuwait video 🧐

  • @WildVikingTravels

    @WildVikingTravels

    3 ай бұрын

    Yea, sadly Kuwait doesn't have much representation of their pearling past... So I had to use a shot from Qatar to deliver a visual point

  • @user-gj2fr9wd5y
    @user-gj2fr9wd5y3 ай бұрын

    Come to saudi arabia

  • @FireFlyQ8
    @FireFlyQ8Ай бұрын

    Just to correct retirement age can start after 40 so around 20 years f government services for en and 15 for woman early retirement plans

  • @jeh1333
    @jeh13333 ай бұрын

    I was working there in 1991 - 1992, just after the war. I met many TCNs and OFWs who were brutality treated and abused by both male and female Kuwaitis. I also found Kuwaitis to be impolite and arrogant. As for prices, in 1991, I paid £12.50 for a pot of tea and 2 pieces of cake, the equivalent of £33.63 in 2024.

  • @WildVikingTravels

    @WildVikingTravels

    3 ай бұрын

    Wow. Our experience was luckily a fair bit different 😅

  • @mohamadal.mshary8782
    @mohamadal.mshary8782Ай бұрын

    لديك صديقه جميله . 🤭

  • @akwamarsunzal
    @akwamarsunzal3 ай бұрын

    Ugh, the trash is terrible but Kuwait is not alone eh! People simply have no respect for the environment they are enjoying! UK, EU, North Africa, all the same, crap everywhere! As a campervaner, prefering to camp in remote places, the trash is everywhere 😞 Most places we can easily collect two or three sacks full of garbage! People, you took it there, take it home with you and dispose of it properly!

  • @sarahtaher9188
    @sarahtaher918816 күн бұрын

    Kuwait is IRAQI governorate and the British gave it to a tribes who came from Saudi Arabia at that time after discover the oil

  • @m7_alenizi

    @m7_alenizi

    14 күн бұрын

    it’s in the past

  • @mimiq8498

    @mimiq8498

    2 күн бұрын

    Why u keeping sayin sh!t , losers