"Abraj Al-Kuwait will be nominated as a single monument. It is to be noted that this building is considered to be part of a nation-wide network of infrastructural water supply and reservoirs which consist of 31 more water towers (known as the mushroom towers) that are strategically distributed in groups around the country, and are connected to the distribution grid of the two already built distillation seawater plants..."
Source: UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List
Postcard 1
Thanks to Chris who was travelling in Kuwait. Wrote that temperature was 40 deg C. Postcard written on Aug 23, postmarked Aug 30, 2009 and arrived in Penang on September 17, 2009.
Postcard 2
Fireworks in the sky on the National Day in Kuwait. Written Oct 2, 2011 and arrived in Penang on October 25, 2011. Thanks to Michael of Luxembourg.
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