The longest ride to date and the the most boring ride after seeing the most crazy antics 90km from Kuwait City on the higjway to Saudi. As I looked into the distance I saw smoke and a crowd on either sid of the highway and then cars were coming at me and other cars were spinning and doing burnouts. The situation was totally nuts, suddenly these guys take over the highway as vehicles are still coming through and they were skilled at what they did, and the crowds on either side cheering them on. I quickly exited and parked my bike in not a very safe place but was the only choice, next to some locals who assured me it was fine. This was the absolute highlight of Kuwait. I took a bunch of video as it was hard to believe seeing these guys going flat out and spinning around while traffic passes by. Well then of course one guy knocked over a spectatot right near me and then I thought I better get out of here and left and the locals told me "go ,go go " so I did . I put the video on YouTube, Roy Cape to Cairo Kuwait burnout.
Filled up with gas at the border and a local paid for it, it is cheap in Kuwait but everything else is so expensive !
Kuwait police wanted my drivers license and carnet which i never even used ,they didn't know what was going on, then got a guy who could speak English from Syria and he helped and all was fine and then they were taking photos of all of us and the Syrian could not believe where I had ridden from and my age and grabbed my helmet with both hands and pulled my head down and kissed it, it was hilarious .
The Saudi's searched all my bags making sure there's no alcohol or pork and more importantly no 44 gallon drums with acid in, as they need those at the embassies. Luckily I had neither and then it was on the throttle for hours on end, with a lot of wind buffeting me all day, and the landscape is just flat and some sand dunes now and then.
Got to Levine Hotel which was good ($32) and got given some dates and Saudi coffee, not eating all day, it was much appreciated.
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