http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Middle East , Bahrain , Manama en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 09:13:54 +0000 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:13:54 +0000 Overnight flight from London to Bahrain new destination was OK. As I have 5 hours to kill before next flight to Kathmandu I thought checking into the Business lounge would be a sensible option. 26 later and I have free access to showers food newspapers and peace and quiet. Shame there is no beer includedMany of fellow business class lounge lizards have been casting the occasional glance at http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-756086.html Made it to Bahrain on Sept 17. Norfolk to JFK to London to Manama Bahrain. Here are a few pics. Sometimes thay do not like you to take pictures so most of them are from the bus. http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-746563.html This small Arab nation is to be found in the Persian Gulf. If you travel back to times of yore you will know that Bahrain has influences from places like Assyrians Persians Greeks Babylonians and of course the Arabs. Bahrain Tourist Information guide is certainly a guiding star as to knowing much about the history of Bahrain. History in Bahrain is a fascinating voyage into the makings of a cou http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-719058.html Finally we were ready for a longer trip again. We were happy as hell After having worked a lot in the last year it was really time for us to leave our daily lifes in Switzerland for a while. Well it was just for 2 weeks. But this is better than nothing. Having just made the first steps with our own company our budget and our time was limited. But we definitely needed a break and free our minds http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-682225.html Here I started from Bahrain http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-659255.html We had only 22 hours in Bahrain but it was plenty of time assuming we were willing to forgo a bit of sleep to see a few of the more popular sights. We arrived late at night and by the time we got to our hotel The Diplomat Radisson close to the airport it was after midnight. The flight from Kuala Lumpur was over 3700 miles and took nearly 8 hours but Gulf Air seems to be a nice airline an http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-656739.html A look at the wide variety of Shoes in the market Today the shoes are used for the capping Rule in order to protect our feet. lta hrefhttpwww.needwholesaleshoes.netgtcheap nike shoesltagt. The shoes arefor style and fashion for men and women. The shoes are an important need of everyday life. After shoes attractions is a natural desire of each. There are different types of shoes and http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-652522.html I have a possibility to spend 3 weeks in Bahrain in December 2010. We were staying in the new urban area close to the airport called Amway Islands. I work as a flight attendant for one czech airline company. We did fly from Manama capital of Bahrain to Sri Lanka and indian Goa. During the mean time we were discovering this little interesting island. Here are some pictures from my vacation. I a http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-613153.html At the Arabian Gulf sits the small archipelago consist of 13 major islands. It is one of the oil producing countries with the biggest oil reserves and it's monetary unity is the dinar.It is being ruled by monarch. The royalty which ruled the muslim nation for more 30 years. Recently riots in the streets particularly the Pearl roundabout is at the center or world media and politics.The majority S http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-588326.html I returned to Bahrain from Dubai Thursday evening and just hung out with Dan and Jason. Turns out that Dan is an excellent cook and he made a wonderful chicken curry. He says that when he is back in California with his wife that he does all of the cooking Jason really knows how to pick a roommate. We had a leisurely start Friday morning which is the first day of the weekend here. Then Jason a http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-585542.html This is just a break from sightseeing. Jason's job involves supporting US Navy submarine activities in the Persian Gulf. There has been a submarine and a tender in port for the last few days. Jason and Dan organize what they call a Rug Flop to give the visiting sailors a chance to by an oriental rug. Jason has become friends with a local rug merchant named Abdul Wahed Abdulla. It turns out th http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-585291.html This afternoon Jason and I went to see the Grand Mosque. This site is analogous to the main cathedral in any Christian town. It is relatively new 22 years but built in the classic style. I was surprised that they offer tours for nonmuslims. We were guided by a very knowledgeable and articulate woman who learned her English at Oxford where she completed an advanced degree in English Literatur http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-584353.html Jason and his friend Dan are renting a house from a Bahraini man. He was originally planning to live in it himself with his family so it is very traditional and very well appointed. Many of the homes and apartments in this area were built to be rented to U.S. service people. We are only about a mile from the naval base where about 3000 naval personnel are stationed. The house is quite large w http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-584194.html I left Minnesota at 800pm Thursday on a direct flight to Amsterdam which arrived there at 1100am Friday. That's about eight hours travel and a seven hour time difference. I passed part of the three hour layover there by visiting a branch of the Riks Museum and just wandering around checking out the shops and people. A seven hour flight with two more hours of time change got me to Bahrain at 1 http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-583718.html Hi Everybody and a very Merry Christmas from the sunny desert island of BahrainAnother year done and dusted and before ya know it 2011 will be well underway scarey scarey...Heres hoping 2010 delivered all you asked of it and that youll be getting some time off at Chrissy. Weve become masters of distraction to help the time pass on the small isle in the Persian Gulf which has been home f http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-554271.html Kia Ora........ from the Desert Island of Bahrain Folks and profound untold and immense apologies for the big gap in Blog episodes since Feb 2010 Read on and youll see why time has flown for us what weve been up to and why Ive been so slack in maintaining the Blog Did I say that out loudOkay after having a blast in Goa Indias beautiful and economical beach area we settled http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-535819.html Flying on from Singaporeafter the usual hours of waitingMeal upstairs in food court with 7 Tiger beer we arrived in Dubai and straight on to Bahrain. It was a smooth entry into the middle East except for the warnings about eating and drinking in public during Ramadan. A quick taxi trip and we were installed in the Landmark Suites in central Manama. Very comfortable and about 5 times the size http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-529420.html Bahrain by nightLa surprise Arrives a l'aeroport de Manama ou nous etions deja a la recherche d'un recoin isole ou etaler nos sacs de couchage pour la nuit on nous apprend qu'en raison de la longueur de notre transit la compagnie aerienne est tenue de nous offrir le visa d'entree dans le pays le diner la nuit d'hotel le petit dejeuner et les trajets en taxi qu'ils impliquent ... imaginez no http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-520982.html Hi Friends and Family Just thought it easier to post pics of our new Apartment here rather than clogging the internet capillaries.......We lurved our 3rd floor apartment BUT the traffic noise was diabolical. Seems 32 is the apartment people move in to before they move higher up to avoid the noise The previous tenants to us did exactly that. The Apartment management are sneaky tho they say We http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-490357.html Bahrain is not a country you would immediately expect to host the Tree of Life or be mentioned as the location for the Biblical Garden of Eden yet the Tree is there in the desert and Eden Well there is some mention of Bahrain being called paradise and the abode of Enki the God of Wisdom and the Sweet Water From under the Sea. Where is it described as being paradise In the oldest poetic saga http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-487300.html