Had a great trip to Bahrain, it was a lot of fun. I took tons of pictures, they tell all the story that there is to tell, really. The basics are that Sunday afternoon I flew to Kuala Lumpur, hung around a bit in the not-so-great flight lounge, took business class to Bahrain where I watched one movie (the Expendables, not recommendables), slept four hours, got to the hotel at midnight, slept another four hours, was still pooped when I got up at 6:00. The BBC called me to go in for some story, but I didn’t (couldn’t). Went to an insurance conference all day, went for drinks in the evening, went for an insurance conference for half of the second day, and then buzzed around Manama with my new friends Duncan, Hasan, Leigh, Susie and Victoria (like the Kinks song). We checked out a museum, a fort, some shops (suqs), some preserved buildings in a cool residential neighbourhood, a great club on the 52nd floor of the Bahrain Financial Harbour building (we sat next to the guy playing the Godin guitar), then off for dinner at Meat Company (it was a vegetarian restaurant), and then to the airport… reluctantly. What a fun trip! Here are some pictures:
Bahrain's World Trade Centre
Bahrain's World Trade Centre (at night, with one wind turbine spinning)
Bahrain's Beatles
The Rush of Bahrain
The lobby of the Ritz Carlton. Nice ROC logo on the floor.
Two boys and a pony cart.
Fortress afternoon
Anyhow, under an arch...
Four arches.
Pony trail
Man and flag
Castle tower in Manama
Shadow with castle
Abaya suq
Suq!
No! Spitting!!
Antiques Hut.
Giant portrait
Crescent moon and crescent moon
mystery portrait
Manama alley
Desert moon
Klimtisch garb
Facade
Shadow corner
Street, light
All of Manama
Lighted staircase
Sulking parrots
Crystal jade
Kebab-man
Manama-tronic
Pete in business class