What an interesting upcoming week! Guys, is anybody waiting for the Eid holidays to enjoy some relaxing time, family time, leisure time or any other kind of time. My day today started with an SMS from the meteorological department. By the way, they rarely predict before hand. But this week they are very energetic. They please us with the weather forecast for the Eid holidays. They said: "There will be soaring temperatures and dust storms by Tuesday."

I thought "That's Kuwait." The most important thing to me is safety and security. I thought I would spend the week going to the gym to sweat off the sweets I ate during Ramadan especially gemaat (something similar to India’s gulab jamun). But guess what? I arrived in the health club last night and discovered that they had started the maintenance of the pool which will finish on Tuesday. I said: “Thank you. You really have good timing with the meteorologists.”

If the weather is like this that means you cannot go out in Kuwait, too. You cannot go jogging or sunbathing unless you want to stay indoor and stroll up and down in Avenues. So, I thought to myself: “Let me fly somewhere nearby. Just open the net and see the skyrocketing ticket prices for Eid, provided that you find a seat. Maybe you will find seats on KAC but who wants to take it even for free. No, thanks.

Forget the airlines. What about the hotels? They have tripled their prices. I don’t blame them. It is open marker economy after all! All our citizens are trapped in the Gulf and most of the Gulf countries have asked their citizens not to fly to Lebanon and to leave immediately if they are there to avoid being kidnapped. This has become a new trend that has invaded the Arab mentality. If countries have disputes, the solution is to kidnap their citizens.

So, Beirut is off the list. Even the poor Lebanese who work in the Gulf will avoid going back home. Syria is taboo, of course. As the Syrian government is defecting by the minute and one after the other, even the UN mission was ordered to leave. Why vacation there? Poor Egypt! The most touristic country in the area is also partly off the travel list because of the army-Morsi situation. Bahrain has been off the tourism map for a long time. Do you know what, guys! I am so desperate from the Arabs, their boycotts and troubles. Why don’t we make peace with the Israelis and vacation in Tel Aviv for a change. It seems like the only safe place in the Middle East.