Bahrain

I have been traveling to quite a few places recently (Bahrain, Kuwait, and China) so I will update you with all my pictures. Bahrain is the first place I visited and it means "two seas" in Arabic which refers to the freshwater springs that are found within the salty seas surrounding it. Bahrain is an island northwest of Qatar and has a population of about 800,000 people. It is ruled under a constitutional monarchy (Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah. It is connected to Saudi Arabia by a bridge. It is well known that many Saudis come to Bahrain to drink alcohol and indulge in other promiscuous activities. Below is a picture of a neat looking building in the capital city (Manama). If you look closely you can see the 3 windmills attached in the middle of the building. Below is another shot of what downtown Manama looks like.

Below is one of the main mosque in Manama.

Construction is still occurring in Manama at a rapid pace.

Bahrain has been practicing land reclaimation from the sea which is where they dump dirt into the ocean so that they can "reclaim" land to build on.