Eid Mubarak everyone! Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri! OK, it’s a little late, but better late than never, right?
Manama City skyline showcasing the Bahrain World Trade Center (WTC – those twin towers with the wind turbines), Bahrain
For this post, I’ve decided to skip to Qatar’s little neighbour, Bahrain. The beauty of staying in an aviation hub like Dubai, is that we have myriads of airlines to choose from and myriads of stopover points that we can pick for a short trip! Envy? Come over, wouldn’t mind having more friends to hang out with, hehe!
Here’re photos of our 1 day stopover in Bahrain in 2017. That one day, we found out after we reached, also happened to be Bahrain’s National Day! (And that’s why we couldn’t find a friggin car to rent – all the car rental companies were closed for the day!) (And taxis were whopping expensive, according to our hotel. …Hmmm, come to think of it, we didn’t even check whether what they said was true, we just assumed. Maybe they said this just to convince us to hire the hotel cars!!!)
Lobby of our hotel, the Bahrain International Hotel, decked with the red & white colours of the Bahraini flag, …for National Day I guess
Bahrain is the smallest country of the 6-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Its name literally means “two seas” in Arabic. Which 2 seas it refers to, I have no idea. Just Google it, willya?
Anu and the WTC, Manama, Bahrain – Anu must be pretty informed on Bahrain. How did she know to dress in red and white for the National Day?!?
A close up view of the Bahrain WTC
Another twin-towers in Manama, the Bahrain Financial Harbour
The kids looking at the Four Seasons Hotel (building on the right), and the "Drill" (don’t know the real name of the building, but doesn’t it look exactly like a drill bit?), at Bahrain Bay, near The Avenues Mall, Manama
The kids, Manama, Bahrain
Where can workers hang out on a public holiday without spending lots of money? Why not try fishing? – Manama, Bahrain
Mommy and the Bahraini skyline
Taxis at the Bab Al Bahrain (Gateway of Bahrain) – According to Wikipedia, this used to be near the sea (maybe like the Gateway of India, in Mumbai, huh?) but years of reclamation has pushed this back by a few kilometres. Bab Al Bahrain also forms the entrance to the Manama Souq
Papa & son, entrance of Manama Souq, Bab Al Bahrain
A mosque near the Bab Al Bahrain – the Friday Mosque
The minaret and clock tower of the Friday Mosque / Yateem Mosque
Tea break at a nice street café in Manama, Bahrain
Manama City skyline showcasing the Bahrain World Trade Center (WTC – those twin towers with the wind turbines), Bahrain
For this post, I’ve decided to skip to Qatar’s little neighbour, Bahrain. The beauty of staying in an aviation hub like Dubai, is that we have myriads of airlines to choose from and myriads of stopover points that we can pick for a short trip! Envy? Come over, wouldn’t mind having more friends to hang out with, hehe!
Here’re photos of our 1 day stopover in Bahrain in 2017. That one day, we found out after we reached, also happened to be Bahrain’s National Day! (And that’s why we couldn’t find a friggin car to rent – all the car rental companies were closed for the day!) (And taxis were whopping expensive, according to our hotel. …Hmmm, come to think of it, we didn’t even check whether what they said was true, we just assumed. Maybe they said this just to convince us to hire the hotel cars!!!)
Lobby of our hotel, the Bahrain International Hotel, decked with the red & white colours of the Bahraini flag, …for National Day I guess
Bahrain is the smallest country of the 6-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Its name literally means “two seas” in Arabic. Which 2 seas it refers to, I have no idea. Just Google it, willya?
Anu and the WTC, Manama, Bahrain – Anu must be pretty informed on Bahrain. How did she know to dress in red and white for the National Day?!?
A close up view of the Bahrain WTC
Another twin-towers in Manama, the Bahrain Financial Harbour
The kids looking at the Four Seasons Hotel (building on the right), and the "Drill" (don’t know the real name of the building, but doesn’t it look exactly like a drill bit?), at Bahrain Bay, near The Avenues Mall, Manama
The kids, Manama, Bahrain
Where can workers hang out on a public holiday without spending lots of money? Why not try fishing? – Manama, Bahrain
Mommy and the Bahraini skyline
Taxis at the Bab Al Bahrain (Gateway of Bahrain) – According to Wikipedia, this used to be near the sea (maybe like the Gateway of India, in Mumbai, huh?) but years of reclamation has pushed this back by a few kilometres. Bab Al Bahrain also forms the entrance to the Manama Souq
Papa & son, entrance of Manama Souq, Bab Al Bahrain
A mosque near the Bab Al Bahrain – the Friday Mosque
The minaret and clock tower of the Friday Mosque / Yateem Mosque
Tea break at a nice street café in Manama, Bahrain
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