Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Bahrain with Lee

As Lee and I got to Bahrain it was late afternoon and we were only going to be there one day so we took advantage of it and rented a car and went to see some sights. I was blown away by how modern everything was. 
I know this picture is blurry but it still captures the Middle east! This is Fort Bahrain with the moon behind it. It is centuries old. from 2300 BC. It was there at the time of Christ, through the Romans, Portuguese, & Persians.  Lee and I wandered around and just loved being there!  
With these arches you can see the Persian influence which  was the last. 
 Archaeologists are still digging to find out all about it. You can see the beautiful city behind it.This is a beautiful Mosque. They have them all over and are very accessible because they need to pray 5 times a day.    I found out that they really know how to make yummy drinks in the middle east! This is an avocado shake. The people are muslin and they don't drink alcohol so they make all kinds of wonderful drinks.
All over the middle east we would see twin  buildings. This was my first but there were hundreds that were built together to complement each other. Beautiful!
The buildings were unbelievable! See the wind propellers? That is to generate electricity for the building. 
After our meeting with the Government officials we drove out on the King Fahd Causeway to the Umm an Nasan Island which connects to Saudi Arabia. We could see Saudi Arabia but didn't want to drive over and perhaps have problems getting back. Can you believe it? I HAVE SEEN SAUDI ARABIA!  =) What a fun day we had but then had to hurry to the airport to catch a flight out to Dubai by 2pm.
T

Kuwait with Lee

Lee (my son) invited me to go with him on a trip to the middle east. He was going to a Law Convention in Dubai but had other business before and after to take care of in Bahrain and Jordan. This is my attempt to share my unbelievable trip! On our way to Bahrain we had a stop over in Kuwait so we had to take a picture to prove to ourselves we had really been there.  In the one part of the airport there were hundreds of people all dressed in white sheets. I would have loved to take a picture but Lee and I were so out of place that people kept watching us. Lee kept telling me it wasn't normal and that something was going on. We found out later that they were all going to Mecca and it is quite a process to be ready in mind and spirit to make the once in a lifetime pilgrimage. So here is a picture of us on our own pilgrimage!