It seems I have been more remiss than I thought with my blogging and have not yet added anything about my short excursion into Qal'at al-Bahrain, also known as Fort Bahrain. On July 14, 2011 I make the trip with a person I met on Couch Surfing. Our day started at Ric's (my favorite breakfast place in Bahrain) for some bacon an eggs. After that we made a trip to City Center Mall where I got a terrific GPS (Garmin nuvi 3780T with maps of the entire Middle East). We then decided to check out Bahrain Fort. So I will show a few pictures with some descriptions ...
Bahrain Fort is a remnant of the Dilmuns, early traders who preceded the Roman Empire and traded with many cultures. They had an interesting culture and a lot of trade with other empires; despite their small size, they were quite influential, although they also experienced a few catastrophic defeats.
Bahrain Fort is a remnant of the Dilmuns, early traders who preceded the Roman Empire and traded with many cultures. They had an interesting culture and a lot of trade with other empires; despite their small size, they were quite influential, although they also experienced a few catastrophic defeats.
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| A date palm above my rental car. Note the size of the dates! |
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| This is the beach area in front of the fort area |
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| A view of the fort from the sea area .. not terribly impressive |
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| ... until you see the scale of the walls |
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| And the "moat" area |
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| Arrow slits (there are also murder holes above some passages) |
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| The right wall had openings to dump burning oil |
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| This is the ONLY entrance |
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| which takes you to a cool corridor |
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| Some of the rooms were nice a cool |
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| My friend Eduardo for some size perspective |
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| One of the cool rooms - a weapon storage |
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| And the Bahrain flat and a view of Manama |
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