Delmon International Hotel Manama

... a camel which I tried to capture. They were just too elusive for me. At one point I saw a beautiful little camel cum goat farm, but I couldnt capture it at the right angle.

Now I would like to tell you that I have a new definition of the word 'Mirage'. After my trip across, I have come to realize that it is not just an 'illusion' but 'an illusion of something which you had seen sometime before in your desert journey'. - You might have seen a camel. Later you might ...

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

Apparently the Bahrain-Saudi border is on a little island [not sure if it has an official name], which hosts a rest point on either side of the border, complete with matching observation towers. The whole road, which is 45km long, is called the King Fahad Causeway on the Bahraini side, with a different Saudi name.. Interesting stuff! :) Due to it being Ramadan and us not being ...

... being Ramadan pretty much everything was shut! And it was roasting hot, if cooler than Dubai would be, so I grabbed a few provisions from the supermarket and retreated to the hotel room!

We might go explore the restaurants later tonight [will probably end up in Hard Rock Cafe.. when it comes to Arabic food we're not the most adventurous!] and we'll see what happens tomorrow! Leaving tomorrow night though.. It's a nice little country though. If a bit small and empty :)

... skin tone ("usually they are very white" he said).  I seemed to get a lot of stares and confused looks, so I think people were trying to figure out what I was (since my clothes and other looks probably didn't fit one culture very well).

So I sat, waiting for boarding, trying not to sit next to Westerners or speak [English] to avoid raising suspicion among people who may be heading to with me to Yemen.  There was only one other Westerner in the private boarding area.  A group ...

... my destination is the museum on the other side. The breezes and views are nice enough, but I'm getting tired, what with carrying my entire pack around. So I go over to the museum; it's supposed to be really nice, and I hope I can check my bag, wander the museum and then go to the hotel. I turn the corner to the museum, and there's a big-ass sign reading "CLOSED" out front. Jeez. So at this point, the hotel (Crowne Plaza, or, as my uncle subliminally slipped, "Crown ...

October 2007, Eid Holiday after Ramadan. Made a swing to Bahrain for 2 nights for a breather. Where else, Exhibitions Rd. Hard Rock Cafe Bar with Noypi bands (will update this once recalled) --will update this entry upon recollection of events/place and dates.

Wow, so I just spent a good 2 hours piecing together my Bahrain trip, only for it to all get erased. So instead of immediately retyping that incredibly long entry, I'll just save it for later and do this one dedicated to what I've learned in my first month here. First and foremost, what I learned in my first month.... Jean Claude Van Damme still makes movies, one is coming out not too long now here... and yes they are still horrible ...

... no intention to let me out anytime soon. After three hours of flight we were over India. Now India is a country very very far from Estonia. "Where the f... we are going to fly the next 13 hours?" was the question that kept haunting me. Well i fell asleep at some point so i cant be sure they didnt make circles during that time but it took about 5 hours just to fly over Australia. Anybody fancy around the oz trip with bikes as the next project?