Regulars would have recognised that I have a “pattern” for Fridays, the main trait of which is the regular visit to Manazel, and Hanan has a violen lesson in the morning. Beyond that it’s pottering around the garden, playing with power tools and occassionally vegging out in front of the TV. Today was not any …

in Demistan and he came away with nice pictures and conversation with the locals who were whiling away the time and “shooting the shit” in the afternoon. Chan’ad should be your touristic destination today to find out more about the forgotten places of Bahrain.