Bahrain Fort (Qal'at al-Bahrain) Manama

Manama , Bahrain

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    Mana-Rama

    ... LOVE coming to Bahrain for all its shopping and splendor. They will also tell you the US soldiers prefer docking in Manama over Dubai, because as they put it, Bahrain is the Las Vegas of the Middle East. Now don't get me wrong, by no means is Bahrain a ...

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    Dubai's laidback cousin

    ... next to nothing going into Saudi - apparently it's easier to access alcohol in Bahrain! :P Our last stop was the Bahrain Fort [aka Portuguese Fort]. Nothing particularly new to me, seen plenty of them, but it was weird knowing the whole area it was on ...

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    my vacation within my vacation

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    ... half-hearted attempt to catch up.  Like the ridiculously over the top environmentally questionable development projects in Dubai, Bahrain too is creating man-made islands of various shapes encroaching into the Persian Gulf and sticking shiny modern ...

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    Bahrain

    ... sits stark against the busy road which now seems to otherwise ignore it. From there, we drove west and north of Manama, to the Bahrain Fort, which is actually three or more forts, only one of which - the youngest, about 500 years old - was ...

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    Bahrain Day #3 -- Touring the Island

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    ... to the museum’s parking lot. I finally found it at 6:45, slightly more than an hour after departing the border island. Bahrain Fort (formally known as Qal’at al-Bahrain) is a World Heritage Site. It marks the former harbor and capital of ...

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    Bahrain Day #2

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    ... , I ventured into Yum Yum Tree, where there was a good selection of food including Thai, Japanese, Italian, Popeye’s (in Bahrain, really?), and Middle Eastern. Since I am in the Middle East, I headed for that counter and ordered a chicken kabob ...

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    Manama, Bahrain - A Bit Borhain!

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    ... on an aircraft with a capacity of 178. “Imagine our carbon footprint,” quipped Angela as we headed for passport control. Manama, Bahrain's capital, seemed cut from the same piece of cloth as other major cities in the region. It had a long and ...

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    Bahrain Day #3 -- Stuck in the Sand

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    ... off the paved road. Especially when in a foreign country full of sand. After visiting the Al-Fatih Grand Mosque, Riffa Fort, and Durrat al-Bahrain, I was en route to my fourth destination of the day, Al Jazayer Beach. I had to cross from the eastern ...

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    Portugese Fort and Another Cocktail Party

    ... go out with her for the afternoon, and some while later she turned up in a jeep. We went to the ruins of the old Portuguese fort. In that same area were even older ruins, dating as far back as 2000 BC. We explored the area, which was an ...