http://everything-everywhere.com/2009/02/07/bahrain/ Gary Arndt's journey to travel blog around the world Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:25:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://everything-everywhere.com/2009/02/07/bahrain/#comment-5939 Pat Sat, 07 Feb 2009 08:02:45 +0000 http://everything-everywhere.com/?p=1191#comment-5939 Lovely to read your views on Bahrain as it is now! I used to fly in and out regularly in the 70s with the RAF and then worked for Gulf Air in the mid 70s. Although there will be many new building compared to then it sounds like the overall atmosphere has not changed that much.<br>We used to fly oil people between Bahrain and Dahran.... the flight only took 10 mins!!! Hardly time for an orange squash service which was all that was permitted.<br>My favourite Gulf state will always be Oman for the geography and its wonderful people. Lovely to read your views on Bahrain as it is now! I used to fly in and out regularly in the 70s with the RAF and then worked for Gulf Air in the mid 70s. Although there will be many new building compared to then it sounds like the overall atmosphere has not changed that much.
We used to fly oil people between Bahrain and Dahran…. the flight only took 10 mins!!! Hardly time for an orange squash service which was all that was permitted.
My favourite Gulf state will always be Oman for the geography and its wonderful people.

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