Manama, Bahrain. It's quite interesting the difference a bridge makes. Granted, the King Fahd Causeway stretches across 25km of the Arabian Gulf and granted, you could see marked differences between two countries by just crossing a land boarder a little further down the coast but let's just forget about these minor discrepancies for the purpose …
Al Hofuf, Saudi Arabia.I've never had to write two blogs for one day before but after the souk, coffee, castle, mosque and dune bashing there was still more to see before the day was out. Next stop, the local mountain. Known to the locals as Al Qarah mountain it isn't realy a mountain at all …
Munich, Germany. Oktoberfest affects people in many, many different ways and some more than others. For instance a gentleman at Munich airport thought it wise to check in the luggage scale instead of his suitcase. It had been a long few days in Munich for my travel companion and I and instead of bothering to …
A Tale of Two Cities. The title isn't a coincidence, I did steal it from another little known writer, Mr Dickens. It's supposed to be a good book which I intend to read one day. Not that it has anything to do with the following topic of conversation. Writing about Cesky Krumlov left me feeling …
Picture perfect yet not. I would say it is rather rare for me to dedicate one whole blog to one little town in the middle of Europe but Cesky Krumlov deserves centre stage on this occasion. Although on saying that I get the impression that this is a town that is used to getting a …
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