Dutytravelog

JW Marriot, Kuwait City 4-5 March 2007

After 13 Hrs duties from the time I leave my house, fly and waited for VIP in Bahrain for 4 hrs, arriving in Marriot Kuwait is kind of relieving the stress.

Very efficient check in gave me a very warm welcome greeting. Thanks to my silver elite Marriot card, access to executive lounge also granted.

The Hotel is located kind of in a middle of the town, right in front and behind the hotel there is a shopping mall so staying here for few days will not make any person get bored. Unfortunately I’m going to be here just for in night. By the time I arrived in my room it already 7pm.

The room is very nice, with queen size bed with good linen & pillows, I love it. The bathroom is marvelous, here is the pic for my remembrance.

I went to the executive lounge on the 12th floor, I thought I might see any of my fly mates but non avail, probably they go sleep early for early departure tomorrow. Brought my laptop because I was informed during the registration that the wireless in free however it is not. 2 KD for 1 hr access & 5 KD for 24 hrs. However there is 3 pc with internet connection for guest so I just use that for this time.

Checked my email, straight to bed around 11pm.

Breakfast included so all of us in the lobby restaurant, pick-up time 8.30am, headed to the airport for flight back home, not really my home, temporary home.

Marriot Jeddah, Palestine Street

The hotel is about 30 minutes drive from the airport, what should be considered is whether you’ll arrived with Saudia Airlines or other airlines because if it other than saudia then the terminal will be on the south part of the airport while saudia terminal is in the north.

Private terminal is close to the saudia terminal so the distance will be more or less the same.

As safety measure the cars can only reach the hotel gate as drive through the entrance is not allowed for safety reasons. The concierge is helpful to give you a hand.

I’m the last one to check in among the crew, have to wait quite a long time because rooms are fully booked. Because of that, lucky for me they’ve gave me a suite.

The rooms is very spacious, with one living room and separate bedroom. What disappointed me was there is no complimentary beverage kit for me to make my self a coffee as I sat on the couch to relax for a while before unpacking.

The broadband internet is available through LAN line, wireless only in the lobby. The rates is 50SR for 1 hr, 100 for 1 day and so on. For me it is on high side as most of hotels in other part of the world offer it for free. The internet cost id Saudi Arabia is one of the expensive in the world so that’s why the hotel have to charge high price for their customer.

There is no shopping mall nearby the hotel, fast food restaurant like Tajaz & McDonald available across the street. Small groceries store is available on right hand side of the hotel.







The next day Izairan pick me up, spend the whole day in his compund reading malaysian newspaper that i've missed since my last trip home. Later at night went to Tun house, guy working with Takaful, bought Al-Baik and spend until 11 pm chat & watch tv together.

Next day, get back to Riyadh on Al-khayala, Khalid on the way to replace me as i need to go to Korea the next day. Rest of the guys cannot go because of visa issue.