Blogs from Manama, Bahrain, Middle East - page 4

Howdy People - And warmest greetings from Sunny Bahrain. As predicted in our last blog entry - we’ve moved into our new apartment - YAY!! We are SO happy to be here, have more space and light, and a balcony (Bahrain’s version of indoor/outdoor living) a nice pool and games area, gym and neighbours! (The neat couple next door are from Gisborne!) We found the apartment a month ago, but it didn’t become vacant until last weekend, so we’ve been “waiting waiting”! The area we chose to live in, Adliya, is very popular with expats due to its plethora of restaurants, cafes, bars, pubs and shops nearby. We can walk to 34 or so restaurants and are a 10 minute walk to The British Club - although I might add that it takes FAR longer to ... read more

Greetings Folks - from a balmy 36®C in Sunny (AGAIN!) Manama, capital of Bahrain! We are settling in well, being well looked after and loving the sunshine, even though you need to avoid doing anything too strenuous outside unless you want to be dripping like a butchers display case! Having said that, I’ve started walking around the nearby area of Adliya, where we will be living in a few weeks, in order to get to know the area. I discovered why I couldn’t get the lie of the land so easily - the roads are curved! - so not laid out in square blocks, which was “throwing” my sense of direction into disarray! Any, it’s a very interesting area, with many many café’s, restaurants and (yes!) pubs! tucked away in small lanes and back roads. There ... read more

Here are some more pics relating to the previous entry - the site doesn't seem to like too many uploaded at once........ read more

YAY! Let the adventure begin! Here is a starting entry to kick off our blog, as we jet out of NZ. Some info about Bahrain: Firstly, it's an Island - 33 islands infact, with Manama , the capital city being where we will be based. With a population of 155,000 in Manama - slightly larger than Matiere, there is a 24 km 4 lane causeway from here across to Saudi Arabia. Hundreds of ex pat's stream across from Saudi to Bahrain in the weekends to party and enjoy the more liberal approach to alcohol and socialising. With a coastline of just 161 kilometres, Bahrain is about the same size as the Isle of Man - but smaller than the main airport in Saudi, would you believe!! They drive on the "wrong side" of the road, and ... read more

So..... since i have been here i have not been publishing to many blogs. Despite the great responses i normally enjoy and repeated requests to write, WritE, WRITE!!!, i have not been able to sit down and type about my experience here. I could not figure out why this was such a problem until i had a conversation with my father. I realized, after our talk, that there are two things holding me back. First i realized that so many of my stories come from dialog. After i have told someone a story it is a million times easier to sit down and make my story even more granderrerererr. Without this dialog i lose the motivation to sit down and type. The other(and i think more important)reason, i will try to explain using plugs. Interested?........ then ... read more