Bahrain

Not really much to report about Bahrain, the locals are very friendly and more welcoming to Westerners and they don't drive like the crazy Qatari's! Spent most of the weekend going to restaurants and bars, sitting by the pool or chilling in the hotel. The first night we ventured down to the Hotel bar called Wranglers. It was full of wanabe ganster American Marines in baseball shirts and bling - very interesting! It took us a few drinks to get into it but it turned out to be a great night! I thought I had scored 500 Riyals ($170AUS) too much change so bought everyone drinks only to find out it was 50 Saudi ($17AUS) the next day when i tried to use it! Anyway it was worth the laughs and I'll never be able to go to Saudi Arbia as a single white female so its something to keep I guess! Spent the whole of Friday at Ric's Country Kitchen All you can eat and drink brunch which was hilarious! The place looked like something out of the 70's and had a filipino guy with a mullet singing country and western music. Jess won the major prize for the raffle - brunch for 2 which she gave away to some American Marine (they're everywhere!). Friday night we met up with some friends at Bambu, again an all you can eat and drink restaurant. It was a gorgeous restaurant with great food and wine, after the day we already had it was a bit of a struggle. Great night though, we all made speeches and sang songs - lots of fun before we headed out to BJ's where it was again full of American Marines and girls drink for free! Didn't last very long there but had a great time. It was good to get out of Doha one last time before the imprisonment begins! Not looking forward to working 6 day weeks for the next 4 months!