Windsor Tower 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.

... lap of the journey was very picturesque, with a totally different desert scenario. It was basically a mountainous desert terrain.The highway took us along myriad ranges, and at one point I even saw a plateau out yonder.<br><br>It was at around 3:30PM that we finally cruised into Jeddah, and I saw Manoj had come to receive me. Well, he and his family looked after me and gave a great time, and Jeddah was a great city................... but that would be another story- a story of a city!

... to the west and Qatar to the east. We didn't know where it was until we were due to fly home via the island. It's interesting to note the road bridge (King Fahd Causeway) which links the two countries and is 17 miles long. Soon to be surpassed by the Bahrain to Qatar 'Friendship Bridge' currently under construction at 25 miles - it will be the longest bridge in the world.

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... com/albums/mm29 1/petepaccione/IMG_0210.jpg The view: http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm29 1/petepaccione/IMG_0212.jpg A ship that blocked our direct view of the range from the lab: http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm29 1/petepaccione/IMG_0213.jpg The moble FACTAR lab being delivered: http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm29 1/petepaccione/IMG_0220.jpg More to come as I get more pictures put online....

... better too then...haha...husky in the middle east, should be interesting...at least we'll have an air conditioned house there for him....and probably a nice big pool in the backyard too. <br>We arrived in Manama, Bahrain where Curtis headed to Saudi to check out the working conditions he'd be in and I went on a tour with my new friend Cindy (and met her family). They are resident Calgarian's that moved there a year ago for work - Ron works in Saudi as ...

... a big pastime among tourists who come to Bahrain. When we got to Seef Mall, however, we found that the last movies of the afternoon had started and the new set of timings didn't start until 7 P.M. So we went back to the supermarket to get some other stuff and then headed home for a swim before going for dinner at the Hard Rock Café. The pool where we are, at Elite Group 1, is very nice, if small, and not used lots. We had a ...

... much respect for the dead. Made the trip to the museum come to life. Day 3 - last day in Bahrain. Really had trouble filling in this day. Asked for and got a late check-out - 2:00 pm. Decided to go to the Water Garden - sounded impressive. Not really. It was a run down amusement park with a kids roller coaster, some ducks in a pond(one was dead - phew), rabbits and peacocks in cages and a small race car track for kids. No photos - don't bother ...

... pita to scoop things up. The drink, a Cocktail "International," made of mixed fruits, was mighty tasty. 10-Dec-05 Bahrain - market &amp; museum To our surprise, the hotel breakfast was not the same as the previous day. But the real breakfast news was the loud gaggle of Arab women who seemed to dominate the restaurant, between loud telephone conversations with someone outside the window (with appropriate giggling), cooing at babies, and snatching condiments and such from other ...

My 3 hour stopover in Bahrain on the way to Bangkok was much more unremarkable than I thought it would be. For those of you who (like me) had no idea where Bahrain was on the map, it's an archipelago on the "Arabian Gulf" and the capitol city is connected to Saudi Arabia by a long bridge. Evidently Bahrain is a huge tourist destination, especially within the Middle East, because they are ...