Kuwait

Kuwait is another country I visited. It is the 5th richest country in the world due to its massive oil production. It holds 10% of the world's proven oil reserves. It has a population of about 3.5 million people. In 1990 Saddam Hussain invaded Kuwait and after being defeated, he set fire to over 773 oil wells while exiting the country. Below is a photo I took from a tower in Kuwait. The "Three Towers" were shot at and almost destroyed when Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990.

Bahrain 2

This is the group of people we vacationed with in Bahrain: Dennis and Christy Bush, Chris and Jill, Justin and Lindsay, and Tristan and Rachel.

We walked everywhere in Bahrain to prevent from taking taxis.

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.

Hillary Comes to Doha

Hillary Clinton came to Education City (Carnegie Mellon University) to talk about US relations with Iran and Israel.

Basketball

This is me getting smoked on a jump ball when we played the American School of Doha.

Same story...different angle.

Golf 2

Shortly after this picture was taken by a friend of mine, Sergio looked right at us and yelled at us to stop taking pictures during his swing!

Sergio Garcia is walking here with a guy by the name of Alvaro Quiros from Spain. Alvaro finished 2nd in the tournament behing the Swedish golfer Robert Karlsson. Alvaro is the longest hitter on tour averaging over 317 yards off the tee box.

Golf in Doha

Many of Europe's best golfers came to Doha at the end of January for the Commercialbank Qatar Masters. It was my first experience at a professional golf match. It was neat to pick a player and walk 4 miles with him while he played 18 holes. The desert makes for a great contrast in color compared with the green grass.

Sergio Garcia showed up and had a huge following. He finished the tournament tied for 24th.