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Flight to Bahrain took about 3 hours but the journey seemed so long because of the time difference. The flight by Gulf Air was okay until touching down. The pilot did a rapid descent and of course my ears hurt due to the pressure. Bahrain airport is a bit small with the officers dressed in 'jubah' long gowns with ala Arafat head gear. The area was …
Bahrain
Bahrain is a small country. Many buildings are under construction. In the near future, it will be a tourist destination as well.
Bahrain
Bahrain lessons · Most things of interest are closed from 2-4 PM. Or at noon onwards. Or open at 4. Or not at all. · Toilets are mostly clean and modern, but bring your own paper. Unless you want to use the sprayer or hose which is in most stalls. · There is no bus map. It is not obvious where buses go. But, they are very reasonably priced when you …
My final observations
... to stop people graffitiing because they are not allowed to spray paint over the word allah. Mighty clever I think. On the way back from the fort we passed some burning tyres. Just protestors trying to affect the commuters I was informed. It was rather dramatic though!
The one sad sight was a multitude of big trucks sprawled along a stretch of road, that is a gathering point before they cross the bridge to Saudi. Hoards of Indian men sit under the trucks in ...
The sook that went to the Souq (pronounced sook)
... in an abaya. I have been reminded that I am not that appealing, but I live in hope!
South African lady friend bought beautiful material, so I too got very excited at the prospect of having a new made to measure wardrobe and imagined going back with my wish list. God I wish I was rich.
Eventually we were Souqed out. I was relieved of some money but not too much and I had a fabulous time. Thank you Narelle and South African lady for showing me the sites!!!
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