police sign and mosque towers

An impression of Bahrain

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January 25th 2007
I had no idea what to expect from our two and a half days in Bahrain, and now that our time there is over I'm still not entirely sure how I feel about it. Our decision to spend a few days in Bahrain was fairly random--when booking our flight to India we had a layover in the Bahrain airport, so we decided to extend it into a couple of days' stay out of curiousity. Bahrain is a very small island o ... read more

Middle East » Bahrain

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Bahrain's small size and central location among Persian Gulf countries require it to play a delicate balancing act in foreign affairs among its larger neighbors. Facing declining oil reserves, Bahrain has turned to petroleum processing and refining a... ... read more