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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)
... I will buy the tree of life as it would look nice in my non existent home. God I wish I was rich. They did lay by, how wonderful!!!!
Having appreciated how wonderful rugs can be we went to the haberdashery Souq. Our South African friend was delightful to the locals and they clearly liked her, it was so nice to see, especially as I had been scared to look at anyone in case I appealed to them too much and they wanted to whisk me off to meet their mother and ...
This is the life!
... 50 shades of **** thinking that any minute someone would spot me and have me flogged. The food was abysmal. I thought I was clever ordering a diabetic meal, alas no, this chicken creation appeared that was so inedible that for once I never touched my airplane food. Everyone else got cake and I got a banana, I was jealous. I had forgotten to book a seat next to the toilet and racked up 9 times in 7 hours, a world record no less. Talk about trying to be as conspicuous as possible. ...
The Life of a Teacher
... them. They simply know what they are, be it Shia or Sunni, and what their parents and / or media say. During the peak of the protests, the Shia's had a chant that said "Down with Hamad" (the King of Bahrain). Kids have been known to be very subtle about continuing this chant in classrooms - from tapping their foot to the beat of the chant, or whistling it as a tune. Apparently over the course of last year, there also became an issue with ...
Bahrain Day #3 -- Stuck in the Sand
... but he declined. Say what you might about Muslims, but one thing I have seen in my travels around the Middle East is that they are very polite, respectful, courteous people. In total, I had six soldiers, two policeman, uncounted firemen, and four civilians help me get unstuck today – a gang of more than a dozen. (Okay, I never saw the firemen, but they TRIED to come help me! – LOL).
I glanced at my watch: 4:00. I lost 2 hours 40 minutes of Bahrain ...
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