Elite One - Luxury Apartments Manama

Out of the widow Bahrain looks like lots of dust with skyscrapers on. Inside it is a strange mix of Christmas decorations lots of tour groups who look like they might be going on pilgramage, 25k rolexes in duty free, mcdonalds,costa and free internet to keep us amused. We've got 2hrs to kill - body clocks already out of sink! Am going to try and learn some nepalese from a podcast.

I must admit that it took them an effort to coax me but the trip I made was eventful. Well, I am based at Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia and my relatives at Jeddah invited me over more than once. I had been putting off my visit simply because of pure laziness, no doubt, but basically my life here is office and back, so I guess I just got used to that. Well, our Ramadan holidays were coming up and I decided to get on the bus to Jeddah (1500 Km away), mailnly because there were no flights ...

... to the west and Qatar to the east. We didn't know where it was until we were due to fly home via the island. It's interesting to note the road bridge (King Fahd Causeway) which links the two countries and is 17 miles long. Soon to be surpassed by the Bahrain to Qatar 'Friendship Bridge' currently under construction at 25 miles - it will be the longest bridge in the world.

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... the temperature hits 50 degrees Celsius or above (122 degrees Fahrenheit). In the mad rush to develop, it behooves some to give the official temperature readers a little bakshish to keep the workers working. If you are ever in Kuwait in the summer, turn on the radio. I bet you hear that the official temperature is 49.5 degrees Celsius. C - Camels. They are charming and true marvels of nature. Also, cars. I can't get over the way people spray-paint them (see pictures). D - Dhow ...

... from backpacker to business traveller before I went in). I stop in the lobby cafe for the most expensive Diet Coke I've ever had, and then decide -- for reasons not entirely understandable, but probably heat and dehydration related -- to not get a cab to go to the Bab al Bahrain; a landmark in the middle of the city. So I walk, through the diplomatic area and past the new commercial district rising rapidly -- the Bahrain World Trade Center is a really neat two-tower ...

... coolest thing EVER, there's nothing like riding an Abra across the creek listening to a guy singing some odd foreign thing, or walking through a ghetto with a soundtrack of the middle east being played for all to hear It is possible to see woman covered from head to toe in black, wearing black gloves, talking on there cell phones and standing beside a woman in a short skirt and tank top Shawarma is a genius invention and definitely ...

... drink at home Edwina and I headed off to the airport ready for the weekend ahead. After looking in the one duty free shop at Doha International Airport we boarded our flight and with an air time of about 29 minutes we arrived in Bahrain, it would have to have been the quickest flight I have ever been on, seems very odd to be on an international flight that last only 29 minutes! Takes me longer to get to work back home!! I didn't realised how accustomed I had become ...

... yourself at home and think that there are warm in other parts of world but your brain doesnt actually realize it before you first feel it on your skin. We were taken to Hilton hotel where i climbed straight into bed as it was well past midnight already. The next morning when i opened my eyes i was greeted by warm rays of sunlight peeking through the crack in the curtins. I hurried out of the hotel and took this picture in a nice 28 degree ...