Bahrain 2008

Fast forward to March 2008, after spending a fabulous chinese new year celebration and holiday in Malaysia, it's time to fly back to Germany. Due to the 10+ hours transit in Bahrain, we were sent to a hotel in the Bahraini desert. Have a look:

Al Safir Hotel & Tower
Feel the sun! Starting our unsuccessful journey to the city center.
Enjoying the intense sunshine.
See the twin towers at the background? That was supposed to be our destination!
We ended up here! At a lonely but beautifully built mosque. After some googling, I found out that this is the Al Fateh Mosque, one of the largest mosques in the world.
Accepting the fact that the city center is unreachable by walking, we decided to make a turn and headed to the seaside instead.
More hotels?
Remember the yellow/black bicycle...
With an unknown motive, the man on the yellow/black bicycle suddenly rode his bike into the water. Trying to entertain us?
or to cross the sea to the opposite coast? It remains a mystery until today!

Our desert experience ended later that night after an extravagant buffet dinner and a nap. Goodbye Bahrain!


Do it my way
-Get in-
Fly Gulf Air, return trip Frankfurt-Bahrain-Kuala Lumpur (€ 694 incl. Tax)
Shuttle bus was provided by Gulf Air from Bahrain International Airport to hotel (about 10km)

-Get around-
Walk! There are plenty of taxis but we did not have any Bahraini dinar and did not bother to ask whether they accept Euro.

-Sleep-
twin sharing room, Al Safir Hotel & Tower (rates unknown, provided by Gulf Air)

-Eat-
Free buffet dinner at the hotel
Arabic/Indian styles (very delicious!)

-Do-
Vitamin D production!

-See-
Al Fateh Mosque, Cycle on Water show.