12 Feb 2007, 9.15 am, Bahrain International Airport
I’m sitting in the lounge of the Bahrain International Airport now, waiting for my transit flight to Cairo. The flight from Singapore to Bahrain was quite a good flight, aside from the fact that it was at 5am. But the good thing about the odd timing is that there weren’t that many passengers on board, and I got a window seat without anyone sitting beside me. That meant more space overall for trying to get into a more comfortable position to try and sleep.
The flight took about 8 hours plus, and I slept most of it. Trying to get a bit more in line with the timezone in Cairo and the region around it (6 hours behind Singapore)
Anyway, Bahrain looks… different. For one, I could see the sea when we were landing and it was really clear. You can see where there are rock structures (or maybe coral who knows) just from the shades of blue-green of the water. There’s a lot of sand here as well. No dark grey tarmac landing strip, but a sand brown one. The buildings around the airport are mostly sand brown as well, and short. It’s hard to describe so just see the photos when they are up. Very different from Singapore and Asia… and I think this definitely warrants an actual visit to the Gulf region in future..
Well this is a short update for now… more coming soon when I actually land in Cairo in about 4 hours time.
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