Ramada Palace Hotel Manama Kingdom Of Bahrain

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.

... br><br>I got myself reserved on the 07:30 PM bus, well organized, and reached the SAPTCO Bus Station early only to be told that the bus was cancelled. I coudnt figure out what the attendant was trying to tell me but I was relieved to know that there was a bus at 10:00 PM so I waited, and got on that one.<br><br>The bus started making its slow cruise out of the city and I started getting images (although night) of the desert. Well, I have been on the outskirts of ...

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 ...

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... and where we had to stop so I could get out and be fingerprinted with my picture taken since this was my first time to Saudi---apparently I must be a significant threat. Some men were very helpful and friendly in directing me as I was auto-fingerprinted when the Immigration official left the room (place fingers and then thumbs on scanner, hold while lights are lit up). I stared into the cars to our right and left trying to see the women in the cars (mostly the eye-only abeyas ...

... with a lot of things in Bahrain, the restaurant was not much to look at from the outside. We pulled into the parking lot and I immediately felt like I was doing something sketchy by being there. We stepped into a very pleasant -- almost swank -- interior, however. The food was wonderful -- pesto, sundried tomatoes, and bruschetta to start and then tagliatelle with beef tenderloin and mushrooms. Michael and I have both put it on our list of ...

... As we made our way down narrow streets full of restaurants and traffic accidents (the ambulance actually had to jump the sidewalk to get past the "looky-loos" - traffic going slow to take a look), James got his bearings and took us right to Ric's. It was a big old villa with a non-descript front door. As you walked in, you went through another "front" door into an open area, then through another "front" door and into the restaurant proper. It was pretty deserted ...

... bedroom. Location wise, yes it is away from the city, but we could hire a car and the road to the hotel was quite straight forward. Is it away from city activity...? Not at all, as next door is 2 biggish and new shopping malls. We could just walk over there to see the Bahraini. Best of all, they put us on the top floor, so that we could see the city. Our balcony was facing the see... the gulf straight.

... they identify the age of a skeleton from the amount of fusion between the bones, and that Arab traditions include burying the umbilical cord of males under the mosque and females in the kitchen. The museum was a good introduction, but jeg lag was starting to turn us into the walking dead. So, we headed back to our hotel. Along the way, we decided to stop off at the Al Osra restaurant, which was recommended through various sources. Although we were not hungry, it made sense to eat on ...

... is off. Who knows what I would buy? My flight was alright - no complaints about Gulf Air. I didn't have my own TV screen like on the singapore air flights, but the seats were pretty comfortable, the food was quite good and the people were friendly. I slept most of the way, but I caught the end of the movie Sahara and the beginning of Ice Princess. I ...