Bahrain
I've decided to take a vacation to the Middle East once again, but not to a country that's not very safe. I've decided to visit Bahrain. It's a smaller country, but it has an interesting history, and it was home to the ancient Dilmun civilization. I arrived a few days ago, in the capital, Manama. As usual, I went to find some food, so I went to a nearby restaurant.
At the restaurant, I ate foods such as masli, and khanfaroosh. Masli is a rice dish, with meat like chicken, fish, or shirmp cooked with it, as well as some other ingredients, of course. Khanfaroosh is a fried dessert, prepared using milk or mollasses. Both of the foods had the flavor of Bahrain incorporated into them, and they tasted really good.
The next day, I visited the Bahrain Fort, the ruins of a 16th century Portugese fortress. The walls of the fortress was very similar to the one I saw in Angola. It was much shorter than the fortresses of today, and it was browned as well. The stones that the fortress was built with were looked like those "rocks" you got when you broke concrete.
The inside of the fortress, was in ruins, obviously. For some reason, the place looked like the ocean had destoryed the place. Maybe it was the association of the style of stones that made me think like this, but that was what I thought of the ruins. There was also a short little plant there. From the ruins, I could see the tall buildings of a city nearby. It was weird, being in an old place and seeing something so modern.
Amazingly, a lot of the archways were still intact. They looked like they were supposed to something majestic, but the way they were built and the age of them made it look the complete opposite. As I continued walking through the ruins, I realized why the stones looked so much like the dollhouse I attempted to repaint. It looked like the construction workers built it by playing Jenga with stones, and to seal everything in place, used a mixture of glue and silicone. When I was finished touring the ruins, I went back to the hotel.
Bahrain was a really interesting place to visit. It felt both Arabian and Indian, and the best example of that was the food. Although I wasn't able to visit the beaches, I'm sure that they're amazing
At the restaurant, I ate foods such as masli, and khanfaroosh. Masli is a rice dish, with meat like chicken, fish, or shirmp cooked with it, as well as some other ingredients, of course. Khanfaroosh is a fried dessert, prepared using milk or mollasses. Both of the foods had the flavor of Bahrain incorporated into them, and they tasted really good.
The next day, I visited the Bahrain Fort, the ruins of a 16th century Portugese fortress. The walls of the fortress was very similar to the one I saw in Angola. It was much shorter than the fortresses of today, and it was browned as well. The stones that the fortress was built with were looked like those "rocks" you got when you broke concrete.
The inside of the fortress, was in ruins, obviously. For some reason, the place looked like the ocean had destoryed the place. Maybe it was the association of the style of stones that made me think like this, but that was what I thought of the ruins. There was also a short little plant there. From the ruins, I could see the tall buildings of a city nearby. It was weird, being in an old place and seeing something so modern.
Amazingly, a lot of the archways were still intact. They looked like they were supposed to something majestic, but the way they were built and the age of them made it look the complete opposite. As I continued walking through the ruins, I realized why the stones looked so much like the dollhouse I attempted to repaint. It looked like the construction workers built it by playing Jenga with stones, and to seal everything in place, used a mixture of glue and silicone. When I was finished touring the ruins, I went back to the hotel.
Bahrain was a really interesting place to visit. It felt both Arabian and Indian, and the best example of that was the food. Although I wasn't able to visit the beaches, I'm sure that they're amazing