More Gurgiyan parade
Gurgiyan Candy... the amount of candy you get at Gurgiyan makes a pillow case full of candy at Halloween look small!!
Some of Ms. Lori's grade 9's
Abdulwahab showing off his Gurgiyan candy

Chris in his Dishdasha during the Gurgiyan Parade
Gurgiyan Parade

Mr Chris' Grade 4 class
Mr. Chris' Grade 4 class

Our Tour of the Grand Mosque!

The Amir's (Royalty's) room in the Mosque.

The dome ceiling to help project the leader of the prayer's voice throughout the prayer room

In front of the Grand Mosque - before our tour!

The main prayer room which can hold up to 10,000 people! The lines indicate the rows where muslims would pray shoulder to shoulder with one another.

The "Women Only" prayer section upstairs.

Lori in her full abaya and hijab - required dress for women, even visitors in the Grand Mosque.

Chris with Qur'ans
Chris getting sized for his Gurgiyan outfit - a mid-Ramadan celebration where his students will all be dressed up and receive candy (sorta like our Halloween!). Chris in his dish-dash-ah (white robe), gutrah (white head scarf) and igal (black rope headband).

Our staff Iftar dinner at the Crowne Plaza Hotel
The entrance to the hotel

A typical Kuwaiti home!
Gulf cruise last Saturday morning

The Kuwait Towers - tough to get a clear picture because of all the dust in the air!

Kuwait's newest GQ model ;)

Notice the towers in the background