If you’ve never even considered travelling in Bahrain, I really don’t blame you. Neither had I until very recently. I mean, I hadn’t even heard of it, let alone considered it as a travelling destination until I met my boyfriend Alex. He grew up there as an expat kid and some of his family still live out there. So, as …
As we circled the Al Fateh Grand Mosque, in the Gulf state of Bahrain, I couldn’t help feeling tiny. An enormous dome framed by two proud pillars loomed overhead, and I couldn’t wait to see what’s inside. Shamefully, in my 28 years on this planet I’ve never entered a mosque before and I didn’t know what to expect. It was …
As I sit at Doha airport awaiting my connection back from Bahrain to London, I feel I should share a small part of my travels with you immediately. It may just save your life. In Bahrain, there was a lot to see; mosques, camel farms, pottery, spices, soukhs (more to come on these), however, nothing shocked me more during my …