“The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.” Vincent Van Gogh
The best part of living on an island like Bahrain, is the fresh catch brought in daily from the sea. Alarm clocks were set, and at 4 am last Saturday, we headed to Sitra Port. It was pitch dark when we reached the port, with few of the regionally made fishing boats or “dhows” already docked.
One autumn afternoon, after enjoying a filling lunch in their backyard garden. Our relatives hatched a plan to show us this white water rafting venue, which was to host events at the forthcoming London Olympics. I was reluctant at first, as this unplanned activity had killed my chances of quietly dozing off on their couch. You know how it is, situations when everyone else in the group is ready, and you are the odd man out. Impotence is the failure of a man to attain firm erections buy cheap sildenafil despite suffering from ED. All the men sufferers best price for levitra who have been continuously suffering by the impotency attack as there used to be no effective treatment for low sex drive, low semen load and low sperm motility. First cialis generico 5mg of all, you need to know what kind of results to expect. Consult your doctor if online viagra mastercard you experience any side effect. So I put on my shoes and tagged along this: “it is just five minutes away” walk.
Continue reading A Walk to the Lee Valley White Water Center
Every year we look forward to the announcement of the Spring of Culture, a seven week celebration of arts in its various forms. The rumor of Eric Clapton coming to Bahrain started in January, it was only question of the date, the venue and the pricing.
The programme was finally announced and the tickets were sold out in a mere hour reinstating the demand for quality entertainment on the island. The evening arrived, and we left home a good hour and a half early, which was a good move as there were only six priceless spaces left in the parking opposite amongst heavy police presence.
Continue reading Rock God Visits our Island Eric Clapton at Arad Fort
I got many gifts as a child, many of them disappeared like my favorite Monopoly set by Parkers Brothers, the push button pencil boxes and my sticker collection. One of the things which did remain intact is my collection of the 23 Tintin comics.
They were collected in random order, with the first one being Prisoners of the Sun.