Bahrain 11-2014

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Bahrain:

Bahrain voi ‘bahr ‘co nghia la 2 va “Al Bahrain’ co nghia la 2 seas. Mot quoc gia tao nen co giong nuoc chay qua. 1 la giong nuoc bien 2 la giong nuoc tu long dat chay len hop cung voi giong nuoc bien chay qua Bahrain.Do la truong hop dac biet nhat khong co noi nao tren the gioi co nhu vay,

Bahrain la muoc nho nhat vung Persion Gulf. Co khoang 1 trieu dan song trong 710km2. Mac dau 80% dan theo dao Hoi nhung Bahrain khong theo Islam tuyet doi bang chung la dan chung duoc phep uong ruou. Vi the dan Saudi Arabia cuoi tuan hay vuot bien gioi den day de uong ruou. Toi con nho tren duong toi di tren cau King Fahd Causeway noi lien giua Saudi Arabia va Bahrain toi thay co anh chang co the la nguoi Saudi tro vet u Brahrain dang vua lay xe vua uong bia Heineken. Co le anh chanh ta muon dung het chai bia truoc khi tro ve lanh tho cam uong ruou cua minh. Phi truong nam tren dao Muharrap. Mac dau co it dau hon may nuoc lan can nhung Bahrain la Hub, trung tam cua ky nghe loc dau va he thong ngan hang quoc te, co le vi su de dai doi voi the gioi tu do. Bahrain la mot trong rat it Arab countries chap nhan Israel Pasport.

Bahrain doc lap tu Anh nam 1911. Dung dau la vua Al Khalifa. Vua co quyen chi dinh Thu Tuong va noi cac va dieu khien quan doi. Thu Tuong hien gio la cau cua vua duoc vua chi dinh va la thu tuong lau doi nhat the gioi tu 1971 den nay. Phan nua nhung nguoi trong noi cac la gia dinh cua vua.

King Fahd Causeway xay xong nam 1986 la cau dai 24km noi lien giua Bahrain va Saidi Arabia.



King Fahd Bridge noi lien Saudi Arabia mot nuoc cuc doan ve hoi giao toi nuoc Bahrain mot nuoc tu do cua the ky 21. Moi cuoi tuan dan Saudi lay xe qua cau nay vuot bien gioi den Bahrain de an choi va uong ruou vi ben Saudi bi cam. Cau nay dai 16miles va rong 75fts, lay xe mat 25’. Duoc xay nam 1981 va 1986 hoan thanh. Ton $800 trieu dola.

Toi lai xe tren cau nay sau khi toi vua den Bahrain ngay 11-22 de di den bien gioi Saudi de biet cai dac biet cua cau dai hiem co nay. Giua cau dai 25km nay la bien gioi co tram kiem soat cua 2 ben Saudi va Bahrain. Hai loi di tren cau vao Saudi, mot ben dung cho dan thuong con loi di con lai danh cho VIP va . Royal family. Tu xa cach bien gioi Saudi khoang 13km toi thay thanh pho nho ben bien gioi va toi tim du moi cach de den thanh pho do ma khong duoc. Sang som ngay dau tien toi den toi di tim xe bus de di den thanh pho Dumman nam gan bien gioi phia Saudi nhung ho noi rang can phai co Visa. Toi hoi tai xe taxi ho cung noi nhu vay. Dieu do toi biet khi den day tuy nhien muon xin Visa vao Saudi phia co dan nguoi Saudi moi hay lam viec tai Saudi. Vi su kho khan nay nen rat kho vao Saudi nen toi tim moi cach de di vao nhung that bai.

Dac biet nua la cau nay noi lien 2 continents : Africa and A Chau. Bahrain and Qatar belong to A Chau. Saudi Arabia belonds to Africa.

Bahrain is home to the U.S. 5th Fleet and some 8,200 U.S. personnel.

8-15-1971 Bahrain ky hiep uoc doc lap tu Anh Quoc. Loi tuc moi dau nguoi khoang $24,000/nam. Kuwait khoang $88,000 va Qatar khoang $123,000/nam. Tien cua Bahrain la Dinar va $1US=.37 Dinars

O Bahrain co ky nghe harvesting Pearl. Ho xay 17 building ngoai khoi de tim Oyster de tao nen Pearl. Day la ky nghe tu ngan xua cua Bahrain cho den khi ho kham pha ra dau hoa nam 1932 , mot so lon trong tong so 30,000 nguoi tho lan tim pearl chuyen sang ky nghe dau hoa. Den nam 1030 khi Nhat che ra Pearl nhan tao bang cach nuoi Oysters de roi ky nghe tim ra Pearl bi sup do. Bay gio 17 building nay duoc coi la Unesco sites. Hien nay con mot so rat it tho lang tim Pearl tai day.

Mac dau Bahrain va Qatar la 2 nuoc hoi giao nam canh nhau nhung co su trang chap giua 2 nuoc vi quyen loi cua dao Hawar ca 2 nuoc dieu noi dao nay thuoc ve minh va cuoi cung Bahrain lay duoc chu quyen dao nay.



Toi den Bahrain toi ngay 11-21-2014.

Toi den phi truong Bahrain va check out Immigration. Ho hoi co phai chung toi den day lan dau, toi tra loi la dung. Sau do ho lay passport cua chung toi noi la de dieu tra an ninh. Toi phai cho 45 phut ma khong thay ho tra loi gi ca ho tra loi van con dieu tra boi gi ho thay trong passport chung toi di nhieu nuoc qua trong thoi gian ngan nen ho nghi ngo. Co the la ISIS chang? Ho hoi toi con lam viec khong ma sao di nhieu vay? Di de lam gi? Roi ho hoi toi co business card khong? Toi dua cho ho. Ho hoi tiep den Driver License. Toi di nhieu nuoc tren the gioi ma chua nuoc nao hoi ky nhu vay. Toi nghi chac ho nghi chung toi la Terrerist ISIS nen moi dieu tra ky nhu vay. Thoi thi cung tot thoi. Toi nghi. Neu ho kiem soat ky thi minh cam thay an toan hon khi di choi nuoc ho. Nhat la trong gian doan nay khi ma ISIS dang khung bo nhieu noi. Toi nghi neu ho ky luong cho viec ISIS thi van de Ebola hoc cung ky thoi va tranh cho du khach nhu toi bi nguy hiem.

Cuoi cung ho cho di voi tien VISA la $70/ nguoi thay vi tren to giay ho post tai Immigration booth la $25. Toi hoi tai sao thi ho bao rang tai vi toi la dan My. Do la su ky thi hay bai My ma toi nhin thay. Sau do toi biet dan Au Chau cung bi nhu vay, Nghia la bai da trang ma toi nghi. Thy thay the buc qua cu lai ho. Ho ngung process va dieu tra lan nua. 20 phut sau ho cho di nhung phai tra $70 thay vi $25 nhu trong thong bao ho posted tai immigration booth.



Toi muon xe tai phi truong de di vi toi biet rang day la quoc gia nho be nen di chuyen bang tu dong lai xe di thi de hon. Toi lai xe den khach san khoang 12 gio khuya nhung duong xa van con nhieu xe chay. Duong o thu di Manama rat nho va it duong co ten, tuy nhien toi den khach san khong kho khan may. Sang hom sau toi thuc day som, nhu la thoi quen moi khi den noi nao. Toi di lang thanh trong thanh pho va tim xe bus de di qua Saudi khi can nhung khong duoc vi ho noi phai co Visa. Sau do toi den dao Muharraq noi ma cach day hon 80 nam khoang 1932 tro ve truoc dan Bahrain dung dao nay de lam trung tam tim kien Pearl, ngoc trai duoi dai bien, Luc bay gio da so dan Bahrain lam nghe tho lan tim Pearl. Nhung sau do ho kham pha ra dau hoa va nhat la sau khi do Nhat cho ra doi ky nghe che bien Ngoc trai bang cach nuoi so co ngoc trai de roi ky nghe tim kiem ngoc trai tro nen xuong doc de dan chung don vao no luc dau hoa. Tren dao nay co nhung Fort hay di tich co lai cua thoi ky tim kiem Pearl . Vi su dac biet cua dao nay nen Unisco khi chap nhan dao nay nhu la di san cua the gioi. Tren duong di den dao MUharraq toi ghe den Bahrain national Museum. Vien bao tang nay rat dep, trung bai nhung di tich van hoa cua Bahrain. Toi den day moi thay rat nhieu du khach Tay Au.

tren duiong pho Manama thu do cua Bahrain

Nhu toi noi sau do toi den King Fahd Causeway. Cau nay dai 25km. rong 23m. Mat 5 nam de xay cau nay va bat dau xu dung nam 1986.



Sau khi di den bien gioi Saudi tren cau dac biet nay toi tro ve va di den nhung vung trung tam cua Bahrain.



Tai nbien gioi Bahrain va Saudi Arabia

Sau do toi di den Aali Burial Mounds. Day la nghia trang lon nhat thoi tien su.

Tu may ngan nam truoc nguoi A Chau da dem xac cua than nhan chet vuot bien den chon tai day va khong co tai lieu nao cho biet tai sao. Nhu o Egypt vua chua sau khi mat ho dem chon giau o giua Pyramyd de khong ai biet. Co the truong hop nay cung the , than nhan nguoi chet muon dau xac cua than nhan cua minh. Trong nhung ham mo nay co ham mo khong co xac nguoi chet. Khu rong lon cua nghia trang nay chua khoang tren 100,000 ngoi mo thoi tien su khoang 3,200 truoc Tay lich. Ho xay bang cach dao lo chon va dap dat nhu hinh cai non la. Sau nhieu nam xuong nguoi chet ra tan thi nguoi trong gia dinh co ai mat thi co the lay xuong nguoi chet cu ra va chon nguoi moi vao.





Sau do toi den International circuit. Noi day la noi dua xe cua vung Middle east. Hang thang co nhieu cuoc dua xe. Ho xay khang dai de nguoi xem va xay ca nha kien de Royal family vao xem. Tu day toi di thang ra bien Zallaq de boi. Toi rat thich boi va moi khi thay nuoc la toi muon xuong boi. Toi da boi o nhieu vung bien nhung dac biet vung bien nay duoc goi la Gulf Of Bahrain , nuoc bien rat man. Man nhat trong cac bien ma toi da di qua. Pacific, Atlantic, Miadetirian , Red Sea, Black sea, Baltic Sea…





Stand on top of a skyrocket building in Bahrain

Sau do toi di den Oil museum , la noi duy nhat co oil museum ma toi biet. Vien bao tang nay duoc thanh lap de ky niem nam thu 60 kham pha oil dau tien nam 1932 cung la mo dau dau tien duoc kham pha o vung Middle East. Nho la truoc 1932 ky nghe Bahrain dat nang ve Pearl, lan tim Pearl. Vien bao tang nay duoc xay canh mo dau kham pha dau tien nam 1932.

Roi Oil museum toi den Tree of Life. Rat dac biet giua xa mac mot cay to lon duy nhat dung xung xung ma dan o day cho biet da song hon 300 nam. Cac nha khao cuu con thac mac la nguon nuoc o dau de cay nay duy tri su song. Giua xa mac nong buc toi di den dung duoi bong mat cua cay toi thay that mat la thuong va rat de chiu .

Toi roi noi day de lai xe den tan diem cuoi cung cua nuoc Bahrain la Durrat Al Bahrain Resort. Noi day ho xay nha trong resort cho cac nguoi co tien mua de o vi nhung nha nay duoc xay tren nhung hon dao nhan tao nhu thay o the Palm o Dubai, nhu o the Pearl o Qatar.

Toi tre ve Manama thu do cua Bahrain vi troi bat dau toi vi toi ngai di troi toi o day . Dan Bahrain lai xe rat la bat can. Toi bi ho bat ken lien tuc vi toi lai cham nhung toi tinh bo vi su an toan ban than toi khong dam lai nhanh. Ban dem o Manama toi vieng tham may Souq o day. Vui nhon vao ban dem. Ho ban du thu tu mon nho den mon lon. Tu re tien den dac tien.

Hom sau toi lai xe den Bahrain Fort not Unesco site duy nhat tai day. Bahrain Fort con duoc goi la Qal’at al-Bahrain va la thu do thoi Dilmum Empire xa xua. Fort nay duoc xay boi nguoi Portuguese khi ho den day buon ban va lap nghiep vao nam 2300 truoc tay lich. Noi day la capital cua Dilmum Empire thoi co cua Bahrain .

Roi noi day toi di den Grand Mosque. Day la Mosques dep nhat thanh pho Manama. Vi den day sau 4 gio chieu nen ho dong cua.

Toi nay toi se bay den Qatar luc 7:30Pm va den luc 8:15Pm 45 ‘ bay

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