Short trip to Manama, Bahrain

Road Trips / Vacations / Hiking / Trekking

amjadch (amjad) 2007-03-12 05:55:00 +0500 #1

Just visited Manama, Bahrain. And here are some photos of the trip.

As a transit passenger had to pass from Dubai. Dubai airport was crowded and this is what they had on draws on the 9th of March.

amjadch (amjad) 2007-03-12 05:58:00 +0500 #2

On the way to Crowne Plaza Hotel.

amjadch (amjad) 2007-03-12 06:00:00 +0500 #3

salman_ksa (salman_ksa) 2007-03-12 06:01:00 +0500 #4

nice place not far from me:)

amjadch (amjad) 2007-03-12 06:03:00 +0500 #5

In the evening went out to Seef Mall; nice place.

amjadch (amjad) 2007-03-12 06:09:00 +0500 #6

Yes, salman_ksa, it really is a nice place.
When flying to Bahrain, my adjacent passenger was a man working in Dammam at ARMCO. He was transit passenger and said he would take the bus from Bahrain to Dammam via the causeway. He said it would take him 15 minutes to reach into Saudi Arabia.

salman_ksa (salman_ksa) 2007-03-12 06:14:00 +0500 #7

yes he was right

amjadch (amjad) 2007-03-12 06:15:00 +0500 #8

The cars, SUVs were magnificent. Almost all of them sparkling clean, running on Petrol. It was really amazing watching them glide by you, the resonance of the engine sound and exhaust were magnificently pacifying the soul. (Maybe I only felt that).

amjadch (amjad) 2007-03-12 06:18:00 +0500 #9

I couldn't get the photos of the causeway, as it was a short trip. Maybe if you could get those photos and post them here, sometime. It would be information for people who haven't visited the place, including myself.

amjadch (amjad) 2007-03-12 06:27:00 +0500 #10

Second day, had lunch at the City Center hotel.
The following photos are of the Old Souk and Gold Souk area.

amjadch (amjad) 2007-03-12 07:00:00 +0500 #11

Another shopping Mall : Yateem Mall. Lexus was there on raffle draw for BD 1.

amjadch (amjad) 2007-03-12 07:04:00 +0500 #12

Some vehicles :

amjadch (amjad) 2007-03-12 07:11:00 +0500 #13

Was happy to see that Pajero is also thriving amongst competition there.

amjadch (amjad) 2007-03-12 09:54:00 +0500 #14

Some of the evening's highlights.

amjadch (amjad) 2007-03-12 09:59:00 +0500 #15

Back to the hotel and way to Airport.

amjadch (amjad) 2007-03-12 10:09:00 +0500 #16

In the end at Bahrain's duty free.

They are promoting Bahrian's tourism with the theme : "Yalla Bahrain' and coupling that with a rally coming up in April this year. So a lot of promotion along those lines.

@Storm : this is one is for you. (Y)

Porsche_Maker (Porsche_Maker) 2007-03-12 20:00:00 +0500 #17

Nice Trip

hash4u (hash4u) 2007-03-12 21:24:00 +0500 #18

nice coverage and thanx for sharing (Y)

toofast (Ali) 2007-03-12 22:30:00 +0500 #19

Very Cool!

amjadch (amjad) 2007-03-13 03:24:00 +0500 #20

Thanks all.
Here are a few more of Manama.

(All photos shown here are taken with Nokia N70)