Bahrain: The Ultimate Escape From Saudi Arabia

Sunset and a Fisherman From the Clubhouse in Bahrain-Photo by Author

When you have worked in the worst country for a few months and learned to live in resistance to their laws, you still yearn to escape to some normality. That was my viewpoint after six months in Saudi Arabia.

We had built up a healthy disrespect for our hosts, their constant security stops at checkpoints and ignorant pointing at any of your gold or jewellery and telling you that…