Elite Resort And Spa Al Muharraq

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.

... But I later realized that the hills didnt actually sweep into the town, they were outside the town. (Pardon my illuision!). We entered the SAPTO busstand there which was quite the opposite of lonesome-boy it was packed! It was there that I made a call to Manoj in Jeddah. He asked me where I was and I said that I was entering the last lap of my journey and that I was in Al Taif. He said" Dont miss having a good look - it is like the hill station, Ooty, in India!"<br><br>The ...

... 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.

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<br>

... idea to attempt to call Luke (at what, 3:30 am?) and used up all my phone credit in a matter of 30 seconds... lol.<br><br>The next day was a 'bit' seedy.<br><br>lol<br><br>We spent the remainder of our time shopping some more, having a lovely lunch out, and lazing on the beach for the arvo. We wanted to see a movie - as again, here in Saudi there are no cinemas, but we just ran out of time. <br><br>All in all, it was really great to just get out and about ...

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... I can, what it is we are actually doing up here. We have three main missions and the first one is protection of the oil platforms known as Al Basra Oil Terminal (ABOT) and Khor Al Amaya Oil Terminal (KAAOT). These two oil terminals are linked to the main Iraqi oil refineries by pipelines and they provide Iraq's only means of loading oil onto the Supertankers that provide the rest of the world its oil. You may remember that one of the reasons Iraq invaded Kuwait was to give itself a deep ...

... to Europe, this is why must stay here and then move to Paris, France. As near the city center, the building can taller and taller as well as impressive. Twin tower like this is very beautifully, the shape I mean. Another country using the "oil money" to turn miracle in the desert like Dubai. We reach here already at ...

... their own Landrovers down Sheikh Zayed and getting stuck in traffic. They've walled off most of the island for their own purposes, instead of living in a palace along the waterfront with a public beach on one side, and neighbor on the other side. Yeaaahhh....I should stop talking now. 3. The Saudis criticise everyone else, flog women who get gang raped, and yet come over every single weekend for their stupid drunken ...

We were delayed for 19 hours and as a result had to stay overnight in Bahrain, the airline transported us to our own apartment which included the luxury of a hot shower something we had both been missing! The next day our flight which had been due depart the night before didnt take off until well after midday. The only good that came of the delay was meeting Steve,an australian who offered us a place to stay when we were in Sydney...