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Hello America
I’ve been gone for 25 months and already back for three weeks. Bahrain was more and less of what I expected. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting all the educated, employed, and well-traveled people there. I want to be more like them. … Continue reading
Tour Du Jour
Shelley comes out of her room and I greet her cheerfully, but fall back asleep while she makes us breakfast. I wake to the smell of biscuits with currants and drop a bag of Earl Grey tea in my cup at … Continue reading
No Wait for Kuwait
Caleb and I got Open Water Diver certified and the urge to do so every weekend now is strong. Caleb looked into Oman, where you can dive with four of the seven sea turtle species, but the timing wasn’t right. He’d go … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Food, Friends, Government, Places, Travel, Water
Tagged beach, couchsurfing, Kuwait, transportation, vacation
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First Couchsurfer in Bahrain
Katrin requested to stay at my place, giving me a week’s notice, as her host in Doha suggested she stay with Melanie, whom I know, but who didn’t want to be bothered just two days before her skiing trip in … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Art, Food, Forts, Friends, History, Places, Water
Tagged airport, Bahrain, beach, couchsurfing, restaurants, Royal Camel Farm, sunset
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Halfway to Cockfosters
There are welcome signs everywhere, but the most inviting one is the square-chested man standing next to his wide-hipped woman – the loo, at 7am. Are we part of the EU – not that we’re European, but the American flag is … Continue reading
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