http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Middle East , Bahrain en-us Fri, 04 Dec 09 14:10:50 +0000 Fri, 04 Dec 09 14:10:50 +0000 With the Kiwi Soccer Team in Bahrain it was an opportunity too good to miss. NZ and Bahrain meet for 2 matches to decide who may go forward to the World Cup in South Africa. The Polytechnic organised us tickets and as the Poly is very close to the Isa Town Stadium we parked there and walked as a group sporting suitably Kiwi flagsbanners colours and smiles.Jude and I sacrificed half an duvet http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-443986.html So I left Heathrow late at night and arrived for my jolly stopover in Bahrain airport. Bahrain city looks smart from miles away through grubby glass but the airport is obviously older but with supedup aircon oh my god I'm pleased I wore my jeans and hoody for the flight.Anyway 4 hours of stopover in a fridge with a costa coffee at 4 a pop but where you have no local currency is not be http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/blog-443558.html Howdy People And warmest greetings from Sunny Bahrain.As predicted in our last blog entry wersquove moved into our new apartment YAY We are SO happy to be here have more space and light and a balcony Bahrainrsquos version of indooroutdoor 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-442731.html Greetings Folks from Manama Bahrain and thanks for all the emails and messages received.Things are going well on our lsquoworking holiday Judersquos working Irsquom on holiday we are getting used to the way things work over here and settling in well. We and all the fellow expats are looking forward to the Eid Ul Fitr Eid al fitter which is a celebration marking the end of http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-437156.html Here are some more pics relating to the previous text.... http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-433024.html Greetings Folks from a balmy 36C in Sunny AGAIN Manama capital of BahrainWe 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 caseHaving said that Irsquove started walking around the nearby area of Adliya where we will be living in a few weeks http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-432909.html Here are some more pics relating to the previous entry the site doesn't seem to like too many uploaded at once..... http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-431267.html Ramadan Kareem from Bahrain We lucked in big time flying in here from Hong Kong with an upgrade to Business Class ldquoanother steamed towel and a couple of chardonnays pleaserdquo was a nice way to enjoy an 8 hour flight. Airport formalities were quite easy Jude was fingerprinted and photographed and I bought a 2 week visitorrsquos visa for 5 Dinar 20 NZ bucks and all was good we http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-431246.html YAY Let the adventure beginHere 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 155000 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-426846.html Mentioned Nike Sb History we must go back to 1958 when the founderFairbanks. Knight also only Oregon Oregon State University's track and field team often in practice the coach Bowerman Bowerman complainedUnited States of AmericaHas never produced a pair of really good sports shoes. Knight majoring in accounting teaching at home after graduationPortlandPortland. In 1964 Knight and his http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/blog-421875.html ... der Flug von Doha nach Manama.Eigentlich kann man das gar nicht als Flug bezeichnen denn wenn man die 15 mintige Startphase und die 15 mintige Landephase betrachtet bleibt nicht mehr viel Zeit fr den eigentliche Flug.Und so war es auch.In Doha schnell eingecheckt und noch mal kurz zollfrei eingekauft. Danach ging es mit einem Affenzahn ber die Rollbahn zum Himmel. Nach rund 15 Minuten h http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-408505.html I am sitting in Bahrain airport. It looks very similar toairports world wide except there are signs to male and female prayer rooms also there are 20 of people in arab dress. I am disappointed as I could not see out of the airplane or airport as there is a sand storm at the moment. The wind is quite strong as indicated by the flags just out side the window. My departure has been delayed a http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/blog-399331.html BahrainI left the center at 530. It was strange. All at once we had the wrapup session I changed into travel clothes and the taxi was waiting. I felt like I hardly had a chance to say goodbye to the people that I have worked and traveled sidebyside with over the past three weeks. All of a sudden I was in the cab and heading away. I hate goodbyes and this wasn't any different.The next http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/blog-376766.html No this isn't about some new sort of rain it is about that little Gulf state just off the coast of Saudi Arabia. And for that matter this will be a short blog meant as a teaser for things to come... Of course this could backfire horribly should this turn out to be a terrible short blogSo what do you do when you have got twelve hours to waste don't want to spend a penny and are stuck in Bah http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Manama/blog-362296.html Hey all here's a quick note to let you know what's up and wish you a happy 2009.Yes we are way behind on the blog. Lack of laptop and slowabsentexpensive internet opportunties are just some of the lame excuses we have.We left India on December 12th and spent a short but wonderful 10 days in Pakistan.We are both doing well. In fact putting back on some weight that we had both lost in the cours http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/blog-355640.html by anna and davidCatchups in LondonHaving only spent a fleeting weekend in London for Ascot in June we wanted to spend a bit more time there catching up with some friends. It was great to be able to stay with Yvette and Dom in their new apartment and do just that. While Spain had cooled down a lot before we left the London weather was still a bit of a shock. There was snow on the ground from http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/blog-351881.html Well i can't quite believe i've now been away from the UK for over a year....i left 1st October '07 and will be back in a couple of days Tuesday 21st '08....so this will be my last blogI've spent the last few weeks in Bahrain at my sisters place. It's very different from Koh Phangan of course and took me a little while to adjust. I've been used to riding around on my motorbike going off to the http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/blog-336119.html Had a few days in Bahrain on the way home...hot bright and at least the photos were sharp again in the sunshine. It's certainly livlier than Abu Dhabi Kate and I had to wear chaddors and scarves to visit the biggest mosque and our hotel was the ony place to get a drink alcohol anyway in the area and I was desperate for a drink after the antibiotic and kill Bill the amoeba pills I'd had to t http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/Al-Muharraq/blog-323251.html Hey thereWell we arrived in Bangkok safe and sound after a 16 hour flight we did stop at Bahrain for about 4 hours first which was surreal at 5am in the morning there was a singing reindeer head in the airport belting out classic Elvis Presley songs It was even more weird when the eyes and antlers started moving as well I was staring at it for ages thinking god Irsquom truly jet laggedWhe http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/blog-318183.html We arrived in Bahrain small island country off the coast of Saudi Arabia at 2am one night after a 7 hour flight delayed again. Flying over India Dubai and Myanmar was great although take off was intense amidst a thunderstorm with lightning strikes every 10 seconds for at least an hour. At 2am walking off the plane all dazed and tired we realized it was kinda hot. 43C in fact. Waking up th http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Bahrain/blog-302818.html