Landmark Suites Bahrain
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My final observations
... into a curly, sun bleached mess that I have now given up on. At school the mums are a mix of the sporty sorts or the designer gear sorts, they glow and look sultry. I on the other hand just look sweaty and resemble the wild woman of Borneo, with my frizzy mess upon my head. I could never, ever wear a suit to work here. If they'd let me come in my cossie I might contemplate living in Bahrain.
Deserts are not all sand dunes, some have cities on them. Lush vegetation thrives ...
The sook that went to the Souq (pronounced sook)
... locals pedalled their wares. We started in the gold Souq. There was shop after shop of gold. For someone with a secret jewellery fetish it was heaven. Also, as I had destroyed nearly every piece of gold I had ever owned through my instance on chucking everything in a bin bag when I moved and my jewellery was tainted by the liquid air freshener so that it was green and black and couldn't be saved, I harboured a glimmer of hope that I might replace something that I had lost ...
This is the life!
... and such a munchkin. I had forgotten how much I missed them until now.
James is so bright, there's not a lot he doesn't know about most things. His knowledge about the Trojan, first and second world wars, history in general and whats going on in the globe is a reflection of his love of reading. His soccer ability can be put down to the x box. He puts me to shame. He plays guitar, golf, two lots of soccer in one day in this debilitating heat, he swims and he goes ...
A true 'hotspot', and no room for debate!
... 2-part jaunt around the Middle East felt like an integral part of the travel jigsaw for which pieces are forever being added to the 'work in progress' picture, and whether or not places of this ilk actually appeal to the uninitiated, it cannot be denied that, certainly from my angle, the glut of experiences and along-the-way purchases which the trip came coupled with easily made the whole venture well worth the asking ...
Bahrain Day #3 -- Stuck in the Sand
... Then the black 4X4 returns and the three men hop out with some sort of metal cable and hook. They chatted for what seemed like a long with the two soldiers, perhaps devising a plan on how they were going to yank me out of this mess. Finally the military truck pulled up its front to my rear. I wasn’t sure what they were doing – it would seem to have made more sense to back the truck up to my car’s rear bumper so they could pull my car backward. Or to back the ...