Kuwait 1984 vs Kuwait 2016

What’s really interesting to note is the disappearance of “Lake Sabah Al-Salem.” I remember, and you can see in the photos, the presence of a seasonal “lake” in the Northeast corner of Sabah Al-Salem, right at the end/beginning of the 6th Ring Road. I always thought the water content of the soil there made it basically impossible to build on. Fun fact – the lake had shrimp in it, and I was told that the shrimp eggs in the summer, when the lake was dry, were able to survive somehow. I suppose it must have been true, because I remember riding my bike there and seeing the shrimp for myself. One thing I do know – I would not want to live in that tall apartment complex that is currently being constructed there. But that’s just me.