Oriental Palace Manama

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.

... a camel. Later on you might see a mirage of a camel. You may have seen the outskirts of a desert town. Later you might see a mirage of the desert town.<br><br>Well, we chugged along, and at around 1:00 PM, we made an entrance into the beautiful town of Al Taif. I was a bit awed. We had just entered, it was just after mid-day and there wasnt a soul on the mainstreets. Later it reminded me of some town in Austria (minus the greenery), with the feel of hills sloping down into the ...

17/10<br>Time to be honest. We're heading home.<br>The last country is a stop-over in Bahrain (for 2 hours) as we fly through the night back to England<br>We wanted to surprise a few folks so have sneaked home quietly.<br><br>Never the less, Bahrain International Airport looked very nice at midnight, all lit up. This small island state lies in the Persion Gulf alongside saudi ...

... had spent the last hour and a half by himself.  Dina took care of Mike's issues and told him about the next flight.  After she finished with Mike, I exchanged personal information with her and we told her we'd see her at the gate.<br><br>We had a few more beers and closed the bar down-the bartender was actually sleeping in his chair behind the bar when we left.  The new Yemenia flight to Dubai was pretty uneventful.  Like we thought, it left at 6AM instead of 5-didn't see Dina during boarding. 

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... Ah, the irony. 5. My friend, Jessie, recently pointed out to me the frequency with which people say "no problem" around here and I realized she was on to something. Everything is "no problem" around here. Is there a petrol station nearby? No problem. Could I have turkey instead of turkey-ham (don't ask)? No problem. Do I turn left or right? No problem. At first I thought people were so accommodating; then I realized people want to be ...

... in the past month. We followed the road around through nothingness for about 15 minutes until we came across the actual waterpark. There, we spent the next 15 minutes debating whether to go in. James was interested in going in, since we were already there, while Dawn and I were debating whether to go the next day. However, in the end we decided to go with the flow, since we were there, and went in. Inside was lovely. Everything was new, the park was clean, and best of ...

... Bahrain as an introduction with no definite destination Day 3: · &nbsp ; Drive around again, maybe this time to the outer city of Manama Day 4: · &nbsp ; Easy morning at the hotel before check out on Sunday First Impression: We travel light as this is only a very short distance and assuming that Bahrain is slightly the same like Doha. I was between excited and not as going out of the country was such a ...

... after all), where we ordered a Thali lunch, Mutter Paneer, an Onion Masala Dosa, and a couple of sweet lassis. While we ate our very tasty lunch, the owner came over - he'd heard that we had been sent there - and apologized that his restaurant was not on the main street where the rent was three times higher. He also wondered if the food was too spicy, and was quite surprised when we enlightened him that it was not even close. Finally, he apologized that the place was so empty, but ...

... would have not been a problem, but at the age of 35, having quit drinking heavily since 1992, drinking with this group was not one of my smartest moments. Fun as hell, but equally as painful the next day when we left port. I would love to tell you where we went, and what we did, but the facts are a bit fuzzy. I remember laughing a lot, playing pool, and I think I ate some chicken wings or something. The rest of the specifics elude me. So to sum up my 2005 visit to Bahrain ...