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A travel blog entry by michu

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Bahrain has it all. The oil, gas and alcohol! ;)

The capital Manama is simple and smart and despite recent mega projects like Bahrain World Trade Centre (with twin 50-storey towers and partially sustained by three wind turbines) still easy to explore on foot. However, driving five minutes out of town and there is just nothing except oil and gas wells and many pipelines.

It was a great pleasure to explore the country (15km wide and 40km long ...

Bahrain Day #3 -- Touring the Island

A travel blog entry by lewnwdc

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... day: trying to locate Bahrain Fort, the final sight on my list to see before I departed the nation.

I missed the exit I wanted on the freeway coming in from Saudi Arabia and then had a terrible time finding my bearings and working my way back to the north. Then it took awhile to locate the fort, which is not marked by signs until you are the entrance to the museum’s parking lot. I finally found it at 6:45, slightly more than an hour ...

Our weekend!

A travel blog entry by laurynslife

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Hi everybody! Today I am home by myself while Derrik has class on base from 9-5 so I thought I would say Hi again! So we finally got our car! YAY! On Thursday Derrik met up with a middle man that the base provides to help get your insurance and Bahrain tags and pick up the car! Since we got the car, we decided to go exploring a little! We went to see the bowling alley and ice ...

Dubai's laidback cousin

A travel blog entry by kilgiraffe

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... wanting to come into Bahrain and 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 was reclaimed land from the sea!

Today, my mum had a conference so I was left to do as I pleased. I had a walk around the Juffair neighbourhood which was where my hotel ...

Weekends in Bahrain

A travel blog entry by anbeto

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... a healthier option. I visited Geant instead where I was able to pick up some fresh fruit. I was told it is a French retail chain but it seems very similar to Wal-Mart. While I was there I picked up an iron. I had a whole choice of one. There is something to be said for having too many choices I guess.

Tomorrow, it's off to see more places in hopes of finding a permanent home for the family.

Wish me ...

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