KILZ FILLZ Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain three weeks in 'the cultural center of the arabian gulf' place reminded me of Tijuana but with taller buildings we got picked up from the airport by a few marines at like 11pm and drove thru the city... and the desert to the place id be working. it was pretty wild seeing everything for the first time there. ive done my share of traveling but ive never been to an arab country so i wasnt sure what to expect got to my room and was greeted with a case of water and my bedding. i went strait to bed and slept for like 12 hours. it was something like 28 hours or travel up to this point. that shitty mattress was just what the doctor ordered i woke up midday and got the first look at my new home chow i was eating breakfast and everyone else was working. i never saw the chow hall this empty again 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 going to work at sunrise to try and beat the heat the sky looks like this all day long because of so much dust in the air. a pilot said they cant rally see anything while they are in the air. its just a big dust cloud from up there hadnt seen one of these since i was in italy years ago one of their jets everyone on base gets a 3 beer a noght ration for morale. but the people who keep track of your drinks are marines... the gunny i was working for said it was 'like letting the bank robbers run the bank'. he was right. i got as many beers as i wanted most nights. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 we got a few days off so we took the bus into Manama and got a hotel in town. Bahrain has the huge highways with no cars on them and barely any exits. Our driver was kinda freaing me out because he was switching lanes without looking and then i realized he had the freeway to himself. i wish californian highways were empty like that. i think this is oil burning 'the wind tower' see the wind farm in between the two towers? womens fashion a little more westernized than i had expected i never saw a park or anything for kids to play in. they played in all the big dirt lots that im guessing were waiting to have hotels or condos built on them. hard to se here but these kids were playing either cricket or soccer this was the view from our hotel room. well, we thought we were getting a hotel room but it ended up being a fully furnished 2 bed/ 2 bath apartment. shit was pretty dope. it looked like it had been really nice at one point but hadnt been maintained at all. there were shoes prints all around the walls from people leaning on the wall and bracing themselves with their foot.... also no hot water and the shower head was broken. pregaming with some philipino beer with a couple philipino co workers. they were amazed i could drink more than 4 of these things. i handled damn near a 12 pack before we left the room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 we went out to a club and a have a bunch of drunken photos of us but i dont feel like posting those on here.... these guys werent fucking around this is a pic of 'anerican alley' all the american restaurants and shit for the military guys in Manama. it reminded me of a giant shopping mall food court we got some shawarma here. shit was in the middle of the city and i was the only white dude around for blocks and blocks and blocks of us driving thru slums. shit was kindaaa sketchy haha. shawarma was a total let down though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 a big mosque Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 more shit on my phone by my usb cable isnt working for some reason so i guess thats it for a while im gonna watch some hockey now cheers 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theprotester Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Killer flicks, thanks for sharing. Not sure how I'd react to that environment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnitzel Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedicineCabinet Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 now i want some tater tots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walid Jumblat Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 That, is how to travel thread. I like seeing where I'd be walking/eating/drinking if I went there. Don't think I'll go there. Thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deloner Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 dope 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU_TOO Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Bahhhhhh.... Rain... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eviltrailer77 Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 I told you it was a shit hole. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRALE Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 reminds me of a job for CSA Kuwait Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 fuck yes. nice thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 thanks for sharing! can't wait to see more. too bad there wasn't a sword museum (japan thread inside joke) whats up with the cars that were painted? any pics of females? pics of shwarma? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 thanks for sharing! can't wait to see more. too bad there wasn't a sword museum (japan thread inside joke) whats up with the cars that were painted? any pics of females? pics of shwarma? the guy who was driving us around said those painted cars belonged to the group of people who protest there... i think Shiite? I guess it was some anti govt tuff on the cars or something. no way dude i wasnt trying to get busted taking flicks of the chicks lol. before i left we had a small heads up on to dos and no to dos while there. checking out the local women was one of them. the ones i did see without their veils were super hot. i remember thinkng they looked kinda like Eva Longoria no pics of shawarma. we drove like 20-30 mins to go to that specific shop because i had a rep as best in the city. it was pretty packed at like 2 am so i figured the rep was correct. i was expecting something like a gyro but didnt get it. they were more like small taco-ish things. i had 3 and was still starving. but at $9 US each i wasnt trying to buy a bunch haha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 now i want some tater tots were actually a pretty bomb hash brown substitute. will eat w breakfast again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 I told you it was a shit hole. props for being my go-to advisor for these trips for work man. get your ass to SD (while im here) so i can buy you a damn beer on the beach and we can check out bikini clad SDSU chicks and eat some california burritos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 That, is how to travel thread. I like seeing where I'd be walking/eating/drinking if I went there. Don't think I'll go there. Thanks. i would go back for work but would never spend my own money to go there but i wouldnt be bummed if i never went back :haha: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 updating phone software then ill up the last batch of pics. thank you everyone who i didnt quote above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 click link in nonsense thread = Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 leaving san diego this is the only flick i have from Kuwait. we had a layover of a couple hours there each way. instead of being able to wander the airport they kept us in a glass box at the terminal we got some local TV in our barracks. follow my boy on twitter the power of branding. i dont usually wear sunglasses but they are a must there. white sand, what rocks, white gravel... youll get snow blind if you go out without shades Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 diamonds of all kinds at the gold souk. imagine a shopping mall full of nothing but jewelry stores and shit. precious metals and precious stones is all the entire mall was dedicated to. i was expecting lower prices there but it was the same after conversion. bootleg redbull shoulder high hookats... brah. the end 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 how dare they block the texas butts drive us nutts video! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightmareOnElmStreet Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 woah dude. when the fuck was this? i'm super surprised to hear about the shitty shwarma...who'da thought it would be junk out there....extra bummer on having to play it so cool around the women. they are all babes underneath those fucking things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedicineCabinet Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 you allowed to ask for seconds? because that breakfast plate looks good, but you could eat that in about 3-4 bites (not counting the pear & fruit salad) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 woah dude. when the fuck was this? i'm super surprised to hear about the shitty shwarma...who'da thought it would be junk out there....extra bummer on having to play it so cool around the women. they are all babes underneath those fucking things. this was just about all of april shawarma was super surprising. when i travel i always to to get as much local food as possible but this shit was a major dissapoint yeah the ones i saw were super dope. i was careful taking pics of people perios. extra careful even looking at chicks. that country is relatively safe, but being told during training before you leave that the danger level there is high, and that if anything happens to you while youre there no one is coming to rescue your ass is a huge motivator to keep a low profile. i guess they only rescue kidnapped ambassadors and shit? mechanics arent high on the priority list haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 you allowed to ask for seconds? because that breakfast plate looks good, but you could eat that in about 3-4 bites (not counting the pear & fruit salad) every other chow hall ive been to has been only single servings other than the salad bar this one you could eat as much as you want though bunch of fatasses walking around that base Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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