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Travel Blogs from Manama
My final observations
... as a travel alert had been issued for Bahrain. He insisted it was media hype and he was right. I feel very safe. Theres a particular road with graffiti along the length of it. Most of it has been spray painted over. Apparently the locals march/protest and this is the remnants of their handiwork. Another stretch of road has more graffiti but this time its colourful and looks more like art. The art is in fact the word allah written many, many times. This has been created by ...
The sook that went to the Souq (pronounced sook)
... for our viewing/touching pleasure. I decided if you can't beat them you join them and soon i too was cooing over these works of art that were stitched by hand by women that could take a few years to make. I learnt the difference between pure silk and silk and cotton. You really can feel the difference. I fell in love with one ginormous rug showing the tree of life. It was navy and cream and cost many thousands of dollars, it was pure silk. So when I find my rich expat ...
This is the life!
My ignorance about everything Arabian is profound. It started with the flight. I was the only western person on it and I was fascinated by the women in their black outfits. The blokes were all very western in their dress and the women looked like as if they had stepped out of a history book. Another interesting thing was the picture of a plane that kept appearing on the screen showing what direction Mecca was. Pretty handy for a catholic girl, but then I was in the minority. ...
The Life of a Teacher
... with several security guards (some of whom live at the school to help deter any night time trouble). Aside from the debris on the streets from occasional unrest at night in the Shia neighborhood, and graffiti, there haven't been any issues at the school. However, it seems events of last year still have people at the school a bit jittery.
Most students, especially at the middle school level are too young to understand the political ...
Bahrain Day #3 -- Stuck in the Sand
... What are you doing in Bahrain? How did you get out here? Where are you going?” Satisfied I really was just a dumb American tourist, they went over to the man in the gray pickup truck and spoke to him for a minute. Then the pickup pulled in front of my car, attached a large rope from its rear bumper to a hook that was inserted on my front bumper, and just like that off we went down the hill and then over to the hard surface on the right. I offered my savior some cash as a ...
Location
Other places to stay in Manama
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Crowne Plaza Bahrain
Diplomatic Area P.O. Box 5831, Manama | 3 star hotelfrom $216 -
Gulf Hotel Bahrain
Al Fateh Avenue, Manama | 5 star hotelfrom $199 -
InterContinental Regency Bahrain
King Faisal Highway, Manama | 5 star hotelfrom $235 -
Ritz-Carlton Bahrain Hotel & Spa
PO Box 55577, Manama | 5 star hotelfrom $325- Pure Luxury
- You won't want to come home
- Unadulterated Luxury
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Sheraton Bahrain Hotel
6 Palace Avenue, Manama | 5 star hotelfrom $180 -
Golden Tulip Bahrain
Old Palace Rd, Manama | 4 star hotelfrom $159 -
The Diplomat Radisson Blu Hotel, Residence & Spa
Building 59, Road 1701, Block 317, Manama | 5 star hotelfrom $195 -
Elite Suites
Building 141 Ave 28 , Manama | 4 star hotel -
Marriott Executive Apartments Manama
Al Fateh, Manama | 5 star hotelfrom $166 -
Novotel Al Dana Resort Bahrain
121 Sheikh Hamad Causeway, Manama | 4 star hotelfrom $174 -
Delmon International Hotel
PO Box 5661, Manama | 4 star hotelfrom $105 -
Elite Grande
Building 3378, Road No. 2845, Manama | 4 star hotelfrom $157 -
Ramada Bahrain
Building 88 Road 351 Block 326 , Manama | 4 star hotelfrom $126 -
Panorama Hotel
Awal Ave, PO Box 15009, Manama | 4 star hotelfrom $130 -
Mercure Grand Hotel Seef
PO Box 18084, Manama | 4 star hotelfrom $176 -
Al Safir Hotel & Tower
Road 2411, Manama | 4 star hotelfrom $127 -
Pars International Hotel
P.O. Box 20682, Manama | 4 star hotelfrom $104 -
Fraser Suites Seef Bahrain
Road 2825 Block Al Seef 248 Building 2109, Manama | 5 star hotelfrom $172 -
Gulf Gate Hotel
Salah Al Deen Al Youbi Avenue, Manama | 3 star hotelfrom $82 -
Juffair Grand Hotel
Near Grand Mosque Bldg 676 Road 4015, Manama | 4 star hotelfrom $111 -
Ramee Baisan Hotel Bahrain
Building no 176, Rd no 2005,Block no 320, Manama | 4 star hotelfrom $94 -
Ramada Palace Hotel Bahrain
Exhibition Avenue, Gudaibiya District, Manama | 3 star hotelfrom $105 -
Bahrain International Hotel
PO Box 3280, Manama | 3 star hotelfrom $70 -
Elite Resort & Spa
Building 101 Sheikh Hamad Causeway Area 322, Manama | 4 star hotelfrom $165 -
L'Hotel Bahrain
King Mohammed 6 Avenue, Al Seef District, Manama | Hotel -
Ewa Hotel Apartments
Central Area, Bldg 158, Rd 1405 Block 314, Manama | Hotelfrom $65
