I’ve started taking an interest in wanting to know the difference between traditional Arab dress and how that indicates what country they’re from. With the more Michael and I travel here in the Middle East as well as afternoons at Souq Waqif, it has become clear to me that different Arab styles mean different things….
Category: Bahrain
A Drive to Shajarat-al-Hayat – The Tree of Life, Bahrain
Bahrain seems to have a different feel from Qatar. More laid back. Not laid back as in the very liberal UAE. Just more settled. Older. But the driving was just as nuts as it is in Doha! We witnessed a terrible car accident as we drove from the airport to the hotel Thursday night. A…
Indoor Skydiving – Gravity Wind Tunnel, Zallaq, Bahrain – Day 2
During our second day at Gravity, Michael finished up his hour booked for the weekend with 2 ten minute sessions. I booked 1 two minute session with the option to add on more minutes as I wanted to. Michael and I were both stiff and sore. Surprisingly so. Gary kindly informed us yesterday that we’d…
Indoor Skydiving – Gravity Wind Tunnel, Zallaq, Bahrain
Gravity Wind Tunnel We flew to Bahrain this weekend for indoor skydiving at Gravity wind tunnel. This was a total first for me. I have never jumped out of a perfectly good airplane in this crazy sport called sky diving or have I ever simulated free falling in a vertical wind tunnel. Michael, on the other hand, has been…