Weaving Tapestries, Painting Pictures, Dreaming Dreams

It was a beautiful day. It began with a chill but the temperatures rose a little to comfortable levels, the sky was a beautiful blue and here in this little corner it seemed that all was right with the world. It was the annual mobike show in Kuwait and the second Concours d Elegance. They were both held at the Marina Crescent. Now I do not know much about either cars or bikes, but that does not restrict my enjoyment of these beautiful machines, which were crafted to suit individual style and taste and I was filled with much wonder and awe as I wandered among them.

Bikes have long been a passion of many young men in Kuwait and every visit to the Arabian Gulf Street is rewarded by glimpses of them wheeling or racing. There seem to be a number of big powerful bikes of all kinds, colours and shapes, which race and wheel through the main traffic on Gulf road all day long. Most of these have been customized, which seems a kind of signature of the owner. We see them all the time but the show gave us a chance of coming close to them.
Bikes are a passion not just in Kuwait but the entire Gulf area and on this day they had come from all over, riding overland to join in this bike show. There were bikers from Saudi, Dubai, Bahrain, and many other countries. The Saudi riders were from different Saudi cities.

The population of Kuwait is composed of many nationalities from around the world. It was like a small representation of the world all come together for the single purpose, of enjoying the day as well as this annual event….

….and the bikes, many of which were showcases of what ingenuity and imagination can achieve when coupled with a passion and ready availability of funds.

My daughter managed to get some really good close up shots of the bikes, here are some pics courtesy daughter Z aka purple moonbeams. http://ephemeralimpressions.blogspot.com/