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riad dar najat"the coolest riad in marrakesh" by black zitoun
The riad Marrakech Dar Najat is a welcome retreat from the hustle and bustle of Marrakech.The guest house Marrakech is also very well located in the old center to get the real feel of traditional Morocco..!
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Beer, Bacon and Bargirls: SAPTCO bus to King Fahd International Airport, Dammam
Public transport in Saudi Arabia is about as developed as you'd expect in a country where oil costs $0.10 a litre, so it was with no small astonishment that I spied the sign for an airport shuttle service at Dammam's little SAPTCO bus terminal. We were at the terminal already and the next hourly departure was in 20 minutes, so why not give it a shot? After all, it was Friday afternoon and the noon prayers were droning on outside, meaning that absolutely nothing was open.
Beer, Bacon and Bargirls: Manama, Bahrain
Manama reminds me of Abu Dhabi: they're both smallish and filthy rich cities on the Gulf, relatively liberal by Gulf standards, have city centers dating to the 1970s but with huge amounts of construction now adding modern skyscrapers into the mix, and have virtually nothing in the way of attractions. Bahrain's unofficial symbol is the Pearl Roundabout, which is, you guessed it, a roundabout which has a large statue of pointy things (supposedly dhow sails) holding a pearl aloft. Yay?
Beer, Bacon and Bargirls: Saudi-Bahraini Transport Company, Khobar to Manama
Up at 10 AM the next morning, we demolished the complimentary fruit basket in lieu of breakfast and had the hotel drop us off at the SABTCO station. We were in luck: there are only six buses a day, but the very next one had free seats at SR50 a pop (~US$12) and was leaving in half an hour. Although it wasn't exactly a bus: the Khobar-Bahrain service uses little minibuses seating perhaps 20 and pulling along a dinky little trailer for luggage.
