I am here in Bahrain visiting the Central Bank of Bahrain to make an assessment for migrating their J2ee and portal software application to the latest releases of Oracle Application Server. This is probably my 6th visit to Bahrain. The following are some of the comments
1- Taxis are overpriced. They are equipped with meters but drivers do not use them. A short trip costs around 12 USD.
2-You cannot stay in non-5-star hotels. Unless newly innovated, even the 5 starts are not all that good. I tried Hilton some time back and it was horrible (I noticed that its name has been changed to Golden Tulip). Holiday Inn was also horrible (the name has now changed to Crown Plaza and I hope it is better). The 5-star hotels cost something like 180 USD +20% without breakfast. I felt that this was also overpriced compared to the standard and the service offered.
3- The weather is fine during the day, however, it turned a bit cool in the evening. You need a jacket, which is something I do not use in the Gulf Region. But it seems that Bahrain is cooler than UAE and Oman during winter.
4- I came to Gulf Air, which left on time, but the AirBus 320 seat space is limited and as such is uncomfortable for a 191 cm guy
5- I am leaving tomorrow back to Amman after less than 36 hours, which is long enough to miss Amman.
Ammar Sajdi
www.e-ammar.net
www.realsoft-me.com
2 comments:
I wonder how a busy man like u has the time to make such a long exciting posts? Do u sleep at night?
fix the clock in you website..it's winter time :)
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