Manama

This city, or Kingdom is so small, that all we did was get a road map, rent a car and cruise around every corner of it all in 4 hours tops.
There isn’t much to do in Manama really.. Clubs are boring, public transportation is expensive, and its not much compared to a city in UAE..
The museum is nice to hang out in, if you fancy museums. Bahraini women are popular for being the most stepped-up and educated in the Gulf region, err,, I think Omani women should claim that title.

My parents and I visited the Kingdom of Bahrain for a few days during my visit to KSA. They wanted to show me the remarkably luxurious and high-end malls. I have to note that I saw my first real-life Lamborghini in the parking lot of one of those malls…

Admittedly, aside from the shopping centers and the construction of several skyscrapers, there isn’t all that much. To be fair, it is the capital of a tiny island nation. Nevertheless I found it interesting, if only because it’s my first time there.

I was stationed here on the USS (MHC-60) Cardnal. (jun/aug 00 to jul 01).

And the last. Bahrain is the TJ of Saudi Arabia. For anyone from SoCal you understand what im talking about. Its got a lot of places to party and shop but not a nice place to stay. I was there only on business. The flight home could not have come soon enough.

I visited manama a couple of times while my mum lived in bahrain a few years ago. aside from being struck at just how many foreign branded shops there are (and falling in love with dairy queen, which we still don’t have here in the uk), I really enjoyed just wandering aimlessly around city and the souk in particular, which is fantastic. also the grand mosque and the qur’an museum are amazing.