Bahrain is definately not for the faint-hearted. It is 123C in the shade, has no public transport, no pedestrian crossings or footpaths but lots of big buildings under construction, blokes walking around wearing white sheets and women dressed in black.The good news was that Gulf Air provided downtown free accommodation, meals and transport because our flight to Paris left 17 hrs later. But that didn't stop us from touring the whole city for the equivalent of 7AUD!
Some interesting facts: Bahrain is an island of 700,000 people, the size of Singapore and was the first Arab country to strike oil, back in 1932. Before this it was famous for pearling. Alexander The Great sent sea-bound scouts there around 320BC and the Dimun (Sumarian) civilisation first lived there in 2,800BC.
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