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Bahrain short impressions (2) - July 2007
But there were a few things, I wanted to see. One was the old market and the handicraft market. I will for sure do them when we go next time (end of October) and one was the normal Souq (Bazar). I knew that one would be similar to the ones we have here in Kuwait, but yet it was a bit different. Sort of the same attitude of the shops people, yet friendlier, sort of. Cleaner too. It’s hard to grasp and harder to describe.
Amazing also was the amount of police force there. You saw policemen driving on Motorcycles and you saw them standing at street corners (well, that was close to the Gold market, go figure . The police force in Bahrain is btw. from Pakistan, that’s what the taxi driver told us. Why? Don’t know? No Bahrainis left for that job? More money in the taxi business?
Bahrain - Short impressions - July 2007 (part1)
Bahrain (pronounced Bacharain) is a relatively small island with around 700.000 inhabitants at the border to Saudi Arabia, one hour flight from Kuwait. Many people use it as a place to stop by for their weekend, because Bars and alcohol are legal here. This month we have been there for the first time and here are some impressions from those two days. And yes, we will go back there
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Bahrain (man betont es Bacharain) ist eine relativ kleine Insel mit rund 700.000 Einwohnern an der Grenze zu Saudi Arabien, eine Flugstunde von Kuwait entfernt. Viele Leute benutzen es als Kurzstop fuers Wochenende, da man hier ganz legal Spass und Alkohol haben darf. Wir waren diesen Monat zum ersten, aber bestimmt nicht zum letzten Mal dort. Hier sind einige Eindruecke.
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My first impression from Bahrain (out of the air) was "Mh, looks the same like Kuwait, but cleaner".
The Taxi driver later explained us honestly, that it at first glance at, the main roads looks cleaner, but when you get deeper into it, it really isn’t. Anyhow, I still had that impression during the whole trip.
Second impression coming out of the airport (after we airheads collected our luggage, because we almost left without it
was "A Bahraini taxi driver?!"
Yes, Bahrainis DO work. And they are very friendly (at least that’s what we can say from the 5 or so that we met). And it seem they all speak good English.
(Update on this one, just for the record: There are Kuwaiti Taxi drivers at the Kuwait airport. It just took us a while to figure it out
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Mein erster Eindruck von Bahrain (aus der Luft) war "Mh, das sieht fast genauso aus, wie Kuwait, aber sauberer".
Der Taxifahrer hat uns dann spaeter ganz ehrlich erklaert, dass es auf den ersten Blick an den Hauptstrassen sauberer aussieht, weiter drinnen das aber nicht der Fall ist. Aber davon abgesehen habe ich den Eindruck ueber den ganzen Aufethalt hin beibehalten.
Der zweite Eindruck aus dem Flughafen kommend (nachdem wir Daemels unser Gepaeck eingesammelt hatten, dass wir fast vergessen haetten) war "Ein Taxifahrer aus Bahrain?!"
Ja, Bahrainis arbeiten hier allen ernstes. Und sie sind sehr freundlich (wenn ich von den fuenfen ausgehen kann, die wir getroffen haben). Und sie sprechen anscheinend alle gut Englisch.
(Kleiner Nachtrag: Wir haben mittlerweile herausgefunden, dass die Taxifahrer in Kuwait am Flughafen Kuwaitischer Abstammung sind! Besser spaet, asl nie gelernt
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