So I am a little behind in my updating of my blog and have two trips to write about. The first trip that I did was to Bahrain for a weekend. No particular reason for the trip, just to see a different place. This was one of the mosque/palaces. Not a bad view for looking out the hotel window. I really liked Bahrain, it was more liberal than Doha but not as seedy as Dubai. It was also really helpful that a friend of a friend lived there who acted as our unofficial tour guide.