Mario’s World

I visited Bahrain after 3.5 years and in that time the place has changed a lot. Lotsa big buildings coming up and there is a massive Bahrain Bay project underway. It’s great to see that the locals are still very friendly and helpful.

I think Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar are all trying to change their skylines rapidly, but nothing to beat the speed at which Dubai did it.

Well, the simple answer is “in the middle of nowhere”.

I’m sure anyone who has traveled on Wataniya Airways for the first time would have asked that question. There are sign boards pointing in the direction of this terminal all along the 55 and 50 but not a single sign on the 51. It took me 30 mins to find the damn place. I was quite worried since all the sign boards along the road to the terminal  read “restricted area” and “air force”.

When I drove in there, no one in the “un-identifiable” Valet parking drop-off  spot knew English and from the little Arabic I understood of what they were yelling, I just drove ahead and parked in the paid parking lot ahead. Luckily that guy was nice enough to tell me that I need to wait for a while near the first class entrance till someone comes and helps me. So drove all the way back and after waiting for 15 mins, someone did come by.

Only after flashing my First Class ticket, I was fussed over and started to enjoy the Wataniya Airways experience. Next time I’ll try driving there in a Rolls Royce, just to see if it makes any difference.

Looks like the site was updated today with a map to the terminal.

“Imported exclusively for you” …really!

Who would want to pay KD 6/- for US dates when the best of Kuwaiti and Saudi dates are available for less than KD 3/-

Sometimes I wonder if these people at Sultan Center are just mad!

Can this be true. Hummer is going eco-friendly and selling mean looking cycles!

This seems unbelievable to a lot of people, but personally, I think Samson is probably the smartest “TukTuk” / Rickshaw driver. Check out his website. Very enterprising!

Found this via PhocusWright. If you search on Kayak for a one-way Sydney to Los Angeles on 22-Sep-2010, you will see the most expensive one-way coach flight ever… KWD 1,400/-.

If you try to book that flight, it gives you everything but a booking page! Give it a go. More airlines need to have a similar sense of humor.

Seems Toyota screwed up somewhere and is now recalling millions of cars due to a pedal malfunction. [link]

According to the site, if the pedal does get stuck, you need to use both feet to step on the brake… one foot will not do?

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The subject of this Carrefour newsletter read “Exciting Electronics Promotion up for grabs”. But when I opened the mail this is the image I saw. A box of oranges and detergent!!! So where do we plug in these?

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