Bahrain F1

The Bahrain F1 Championship flyer in the seat pocket of the A340 flight from Bahrain to New Delhi had an interesting point - the Bahrain F1 contributed 3% of Bahrain’s GDP last year. So, this year Bahrain has gone the whole hog to promote the Bahrain F1 Grand Prix.

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The promotion at the Bahrain Airport was brilliant, with Felipe Massa’s Ferrari F1 car on display inside the Airport terminal, next to the Bahrain Duty Free.

Felipe Massa's Ferrari F1 Car. on display at Bahrain Airport.
This was my first view of a F1 car from inches away.. a real touch but not try!!!

A low slung 600 hp monster

Ferrari !!!

This is how it looks from close to the driver seat.

Oooops . . . way too many buttons . . .

Will the white knob in the center of the steering wheel with the Ferrari logo start the car???

A really small cockpit...

Can you read it??? It says "Massa"

You can win this car for BD50.
The Merc was on display when I transited through Bahrain Airport en route to Kolkata

Looks familiar... this is just next to the Bahrain Duty Free shops selling chocolates and drinks...

It is nearly a year after our Egypt trip and I was feeling that I was missing my old colleagues.

F1 t-shirts on sale

Bahrain Duty Free

Nikon D200 18-55 Nikon Lens

Sky

Another stunning sunset . . .

Shot from my witchen window

Nikon D200 100 ASA 1/40s 18-55 Nikon Lens

China House, Al-Jubail

China House - a Chinese and Filipino restaurant is our regular weekend haunt. Owned and run by a Bangladeshi family in Saudi Arabia and with Filipino cooks and frequented by Europeans, Indians, Saudis and of course Filipinos . . . it is a true symbol of globalization.

A Chinese lantern in the restaurant

The Giordano boutique is visible from across the road

Waiting for the food to arrive

Nikon D200, 18-55 lens, 400 ASA

cuisine gastronomique

With ample time at my disposal and most of the best produce available here (barring hams etc. etc.), I have started experimenting with gourmet cusine.

The first experiment of Pasta with cheese sauce and beef mortadella went off with flying colors. The only problem was that it got a bit cold since our Thursday lunch was delayed by a technician, who was fixing our cable connections for us to get some more movie channels.

Nikon D200 with 18-55 mm lens

Sand storms

After the photographs of the pink sky in my previous post, this seems quite a change. 

This is the scene today evening. In the morning on our way to office, the visibility was down to about 25m. High winds had whipped up the sand and dust. It improved in the evening.. and this is the picture.

 Another view of Jubail

Nikon D200  Nikon 18-55   400 ASA

Sky - Postcards from Jubail

Evening Sky

View from the kitchen window...

The pink sky looked inviting and hence the photograph.

Nikon D200  18-55 mm Nikon 400ASA

Views from the new flat - Postcards from Jubail

Some pictures from my new flat. The flat is on Jeddah Street, the main shopping district of Jubail.

Taken from the terrace. You can see the sea in the distance.

The opposite direction. You can see the sea beyond the docks

A zoomed in view

Jubail skyline

Sunset

View of Jeddah Street

Skyline at night