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Old Jul 6th 2010 | 10:43 pm
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Originally Posted by kittycat1
I know but teh random things are much more entertaining.
for the first couple of years maybe then its just a blur of random shite that starts to wear you down
 
Old Jul 6th 2010 | 11:18 pm
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On my first day here a pick up went passed me with a camel in the back.
 
Old Jul 6th 2010 | 11:31 pm
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sipping Johnny Walker in a (minor) royal's cantina built on the side of his palace and full of arty knick knacks including these big antlers which had a number of hats on including one from Ian Botham (a blue Admiral England Cricket hat) and one from Osama Bin Ladin
 
Old Jul 7th 2010 | 2:47 am
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Default Re: Whats your most random experience here?

Originally Posted by Ronnie Biggs
I saw a woman driving a London style taxi cab in Bahrain dressed in a full burkha last week. It's a kind of progress I guess.....
She picked me and my mates visiting from the UK up a few months ago. Her name was Fatima (I've still got her card somewhere). She drove like a mentalist! My mates thought they were going to die..
 
Old Jul 7th 2010 | 5:56 am
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Having a cab driver show me pictures of his kids, including one who was only 2 months old. He hadn't been home in 2 years and was looking forward to seeing his newborn 'son'.
 

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