BAHRAIN ~
Yep ~ We
Moved Back For A Year !
It was a wonderful experience and I would have loved to have stayed longer.
Mike worked for a company in Saudi 
and we lived in Bahrain. There is a
Saudi causeway, called the King Faisal which is 25 km long (aprox 15
miles). There are about 6 custom stops Mike made on crossing over
and 6 back to Bahrain. It took him about 30 min- 45 min. depending
on the traffic to get from his office home. .
When we lived here in the late 70's Bahrain was about 30 miles long and 10 miles wide. Now with all the reclaiming of land it is now about 48km by 16km and covering 707 square km (273 sq. miles)
The population in the late 70's was around 235,000 and is now estimated to be above 707,000. The annual population growth rate is 3.6 % which is one of the highest in the world and the Central Statistics Organization estimates the population will reach one million by 2010.
When we lived here before there were just a few "cold stores" (like a convenience store), a couple of small supermarkets, and about 10 restaurants ~ NOW there are a ton of cold stores, several very nice and big supermarkets, 4 very large malls and they are building 2 more, and so many restaurants I can't even begin to count.
These pages take a while to download because of the photos ~ so just give it a little time. :)
Click here to learn more about Bahrain
Click the flag to go to my pages and photos on our life here in Bahrain
CLICK here to see our visit to the UAE
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