I finally, after three weeks of living on the same road as them, got to see them up close and personal yesterday as I did a quick tour of Kuwait City. WOW! Kuwait City is incredible and ultra cosmopolitan rivaling any big city in the world and surpassing most. We have our own little Rodeo Drive here with Armani, Prada, Gucci, and top notch jewelers with a treasure trove that could take years to explore fully.
The generic story is that the towers were designed by a Swedish company and executed by a Yugoslav company, built 1975 and inaugurated in 1979.
There are 55,000 circle shaped plates that cover the balls (there's no better way to say it without looking like I am trying too hard) which are made of Chinese steel painted in eight different colors. Most of these colors are various shades of blue. (Ok, I suppose I could say "spheres" or "the round parts"....but where's the fun in that?
They are actually both a huge entertainment center with a restaurant that allows a panoramic view of the Arabian Gulf and downtown Kuwait City; an outdoor water park and water reservoirs that supply water to the businesses and homes nearby. You see, here in Kuwait - water is gold, or more accurately, water is like oil is to us in the states. Oil is cheap - water expensive. Supply and demand at its classic best reminding us that it really is all about perspective and value is in the eye of the human in need.
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