BH: Day 2

Day 2 started around 8am with a breakfast at the hotel's coffee house, Al-Nafoora. The breakfast was just bread, butter, jam and tea/coffee - egg will be different charge.

After breakfast, we went out walking arrounding the Bab-al-Bahrain area. Visited a so called "Tourist Information" at Bal-al-Bahrain which turned out to be a souvenir shop. I bought a postcard to send to myself -> every where I go, instead f buying postcrd or any other souvenirs (fridge magnet is a must), I will mail myself a postcard from that country.

Then, we walked to the "souq" - hoping to see the traditional souq. However, I fond myself in the Rantau Panjang type five-foot path stores. It's nothing traditional at all. All the workers are from south asians and items on sale are clothing, bags, kitchen utensils and alike. I was a bit frustrated actually.

Then, on the way back to teh hotel, we stopped by at Ethnic Craft shop. First step into the shop, some handicraft Made In Thailand are on sale, further inside, we found out the word ethnic actually refers to Pakist4n cottage industries.

Went back to the hotel and requested for a late check out. We were only granted one hour extra. Since it was enarly 11am, we decided to check out straight away.

After freshen up, we went to Bahrain Fort. According to Zal, this fort is listed in UNESCO list. For what, I dont know. The fort is very near to the bustling Seef area. I have to admit that this fort is a bit different from other forts tht I have visited. The fort is pretty huge and we just made a round by car before stopping in front of the main entrance - just to see what inside it.

On the way back, stopped by at Bahrain Mall and then went to Al-Faleh Mosque - the Grand Mosque. The Grand Mosque is not as huge as Oman's Grand Mosque, but worth a visit. The only difference I noticed is the separation of teh ablution area/toilet from the main building. Al-Faleh's ablution area is situated around 100 meters south west from the main building.

After jamak prayer, we drove towards the airport. We have agreed to return the car before 3pm and we have less than 40 minutes to do so. Bahrain is not big, so we have plenty of time. However, we have not had unch yet and this local joint "Jasmi's" apparently very popular here. There is one nearby the airport, but time was not on our side. We needed to rush to return the car. I remember when I stopped by at BAH before, there's Jasmi's in the duty free area. Hope it is still there..

We reached the airport around 2:45pm, returned the car and proceeded to departure level for check in.

Well... thats end the weekend to Bahrain. Nothing much to see, just like Qatar. But it is good to visit other countries while you are in the region.

~ MT @ Bahrain
~ BAH Int'l Airport, Muharraq

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