So me and some friends from work were leaving Souk Sharq at 2 after lunch to get back to the office when it turned out the cops had closed all the exits. The cop told us no one would be allowed to leave the Souk Sharq parking lot for around an hour because the Doha Asian Games torch was passing by on the Gulf Road.
So we parked the car and just hung out next to the cops on the side of the road. Nibaq was with us since he had met up with us for lunch. We just hung around chilling for like 15 minutes before we noticed a bus and an Hummer stop by us and drop off a guy with an unlit torch. Then a few minutes later down the road we noticed a huge convoy coming closer slowly. Nibaq had a camera and he took some pictures of what we saw. Basically there was some guy running with a lit torch and all the cars around him were driving slow and cheering him on. Once the guy got to the other guy with the unlit torch, he passed on the flame and then the other guy started running. It was basically a torch relay but it looked like they were dropping guys off every 100 meters.
After they passed, the Gulf Road remained closed for another 30 minutes. It was crazy, most of the people at Souk Sharq wanted to get back to work but like us they were just stuck there for a full hour. Finally at 3PM they opened the roads and we drove back to the office.
The shot above was taken by Nibaq, he also took more shots which you can see by clicking [Here]
17 replies on “Doha Asian Games in Kuwait”
OK thats just pretty funny, they dont make any anouncements, they just shutdown the damn road! hehehe
why dont they do it in the desert where no one knows ? 😛 atleast then there wont be traffic
Thats all!!! A stupid guy running with a touch?!?!? In Dubai ((Emarat)) they had a WHOLE PARADE…with Shiekh Ahmad, Rashid, and Hamdan holding the touch on horse back!!! There was a whole fleet of dudes on horse-back ith the Emarati flag!! And in AlAin a bedouin dude held the touch on a camel!
Here are some piX….https://www.flickr.com/photos/her-highness/300952353/
that really sucked that were were trapped for like 45 mins or some shit at souq sharq.
seriously who the fuck thinks they can just suddenly stop the lives of hundreds of ppl so a big fat sweaty sandnigger can run at -5mph holding his mama’s tampon on fire?
LE .. the emaratees all look alike! hehehehe!
who’s the fat f*cker??? Must be gold medallist Donut Eater for the Asian Games. I think the Middle East would win a lot of medals for things like that.
I was there too!
In reply to moocherx – do we see a foul mouthed person like you representing your country in such a happy way .. NOPE. Why dont you go dig a hole in your back yard and bury your head so that filthy mouth of yours is shut up!!
moocherx.. the only thing that can run in you is your mouth..you are a disgrace to the human spirit.. why are there always people like you that have to be insulting.. oh I know why .. because they are USELESS!!! Have a nice day!!
limited_edition.. where did you learn that a touch could be carried??? or even set lit up???
I believe touch is one of the five senses that we have. Now a TORCH on the other hand… okay.. that would have made more sense. If you need English lessons just call me.. lol
by the way limited_edition, I forgot to take out the word set in the second line.. just in case you think I don’t know my english!! Have a nice day!
Okayyy….thanx Karen of the correction, its called a SPELLING MISTAKE…use a lil something called CRITICAL THINKING…something a lot of people lack…to figure out what I was talking about without making smartass comments.
Anyways back to the main subject…I take back what I said in my first post, looks like there was a huge parade in Kuwait too…heres some piX i found on flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/alothman/sets/72157594390408227/with/305323449/
I am glad you realised that, and that you are back tracking from your original post about ther not being a parade in Kuwait. Happy Asian Games to you Mr. Limited_Edition!!
oh look .. I did a mistake AGAIN .. lol..
Moocherx is just a moody person on their period…you need to just relax man… I’m sure everybody out there was having a great time
holla you too
A nice day!