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Diplomatic Area P.O. Box 5831, King Faisal Highway Manama, Bahrain, 5831, 973-17-531122
Huge steak in American base!!!!!!..... not much to see in the dessert but i was in an American Soil (when i was inside the American Base)!!!!!!......;-)
Manama, Bahrain annepiduhanHi Guys, This is two entries in one with lots of photos to follow: Living the Life in Doha Since the "trauma" of our apartment nearly falling down and having to spend 7 nights in the 5 star grand Regency Hotel then moving into a new home in a great location, life in Doha has been going along splendidly. Yes, it is hot however I am defiantly making the most of my time here. I don't mind the heat at all, mainly because whenever you are inside the air conditions is so cold you need to spend at l...
Manama, Bahrain kimandeSo I arrived at the Bahrain airport after a 9 hour flight from Frankfurt. I got a rental car for the month and headed out on to the streets of Bahrain. The drivers in this city are insane (terrible). My hotel was only a few minutes from the hotel luckily. Later I would find out how bad the drivers actually are in this city. http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm29 1/petepaccione/IMG_0181.jpg http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm29 1/petepaccione/IMG_0178.jpg http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/...
Manama, Bahrain petiepabloThe next day I went down to the local civilian boat place to rent a barge to set up all of our underwater equipment. look how ****** it looks: http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm29 1/petepaccione/IMG_0189.jpg shitty2 (guy im with on the right): http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm29 1/petepaccione/IMG_0190.jpg http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm29 1/petepaccione/IMG_0193.jpg http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm29 1/petepaccione/IMG_0194.jpg Tim, the guy I was with began bargening with t...
Manama, Bahrain petiepabloHere are the pictures so far... internet is too slow here to upload it onto travelpod.... so browse them on this website: http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm29 1/petepaccione/
Manama, Bahrain petiepabloSo I woke up at 7am to get to breakfast at 7:30 (free in our hotel). I met up with a couple of the guys who were staying at my hotel. We had lunch then hopped in our cars to head to work. We went to a wearhouse outside of base that we rent to keep our moble FACTAR Lab safe (its guarded by Navy people). All day we spent in the 98 degree weather getting things set up (secret things I cant talk about online) On the way to base: http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm29 1/petepaccione/IMG_0182.jpg ...
Manama, Bahrain petiepablo
Not much - just waiting at the airport for the flight! Bahrain was both nicer and more boring than I thought, the weather is a lot more forgiving but it's not worth more than about 3 days exploration tops.. Unless you like to get really nittygritty :P
... and also not having any male family members with us [women are not allowed to cross solo, nor are they allowed to drive in Saudi!], we didn't even bother to attempt to cross the real border to go into Damman [although I wanted to..], so Saudi exploration will have to wait until I'm married :P [I have no brothers and my dad would much rather go anywhere else but a hot desert!]
... 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 was ...
... it out OK, but it would be important to keep a low-profile. This mean clothing, method of transportation, and hotels.
So I had spent the last week and a half growing a beard (or at least an attempt at one) to better blend in despite my very conspicuous blue eyes. I think it partially worked---Saad had said that I didn't look "American"---that I looked like from the northern part of the Middle East (e.g. Syrian like my friend Basma had said I could pass for before) because of my ...
... 8217;t as productive as I’d hoped it would be, but with the key objectives already accomplished, I wasn’t as concerned. Knowing I was interested in local/Saudi food, the admin ordered traditional lamb for the team’s lunch. Again, it was a ton of food with the lamb/rice dish, a cucumber/tomato/dressing salad, yogurt, olives, hummus and bread.
At around 2:30, I was in a ...
... No more comments needed. I made a little walk through the city. The contrasts are really big. The new skyscrapers and promenades close to the beach are soon replaced by narrow dirty streets and bleak houses a few hundred metres inland. There are a lot of small shops and each and every one of them seems to sell everything from food to plasma TVs. The day flew past and soon i discovered myself from the plane again. Though this time they ...
Bahrain, Bahrain kaarel
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