17 hours to kill in bahrain

Morlar · 18-12-2006 5:54pm #1

I am going to have about 17 hours to kill in bahrain and was wondering if anyone has any good places to go things to see in that sort of timeframe.

dumbyearbook · 03-01-2007 9:46pm

Sounds like the title of a bond movie!

No booze in Bahrain AFAIK

pheelay · 03-01-2007 11:06pm

You can get drink in Bahrain. It's not as strict as Saudi, in fact, on Thursday evenings you'll see a constant stream of Saudis travelling over the bridge that connects Saudi Arabia to Bahrain to go on the piss (their weekend is Friday/Saturday).

I was over there last January for work and had time to spare. Got a taxi driver to take me to the centre of Manama for a look around the Souq and gold markets. Altho I got completely lost and spent hours trying to find a way out of a very questionnable looking neighbourhood! Felt quite safe tho.

There didn't seem like there was a whole lot to do there other than chillin by the pool (hotel), checking out a shopping centre (for gadgets:)) or perhaps visiting the tree of life (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_Life%2C_Bahrain) and hopefully spot a few camels along the way (it's a bit outside Manama).

sdanseo · 03-01-2007 11:08pm

Just don't steal anything whatever you do, or you'll come back minus the hand you stole it with

Reyman · 07-01-2007 7:36pm

There's lots of good restaurants in Bahrain and plenty of drink too even if served a little surreptitiously.

There's also a Rugby club and a very fancy Golf course if you're so inclined. All in all not a bad place!

Morlar · 08-01-2007 5:30pm

Thanks for all the replies - not going for a while yet but reckon I will check out the gold markets and the souq, tree of life too if I can drag myself away from the pool for long enough.

Reyman · 08-01-2007 9:02pm

You won't go near the pool there if it's summer time.

Forget it !

17 hours to kill in bahrain

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