AT just an hour out of the UAE with Air Arabia the Bahrain capital Manama is an easy weekend getaway.
Casual observers might imagine living so close you’re in for ‘more of the same' - but they’d largely be wrong.
As we learned the moment we stepped into a local cab and the Bahrain-born driver revealed he'd been a policeman – until taxi driving provided a better income.
Now, that’s a conversation you’re unlikely to have in Dubai. And, as the meter clocked up a sum as much as our usual airport run from Sports City, for a relatively short hop to Bahrain’s main mosque and museum in Manama, we agreed his career decision had been a sound one.
As we learned the moment we stepped into a local cab and the Bahrain-born driver revealed he'd been a policeman – until taxi driving provided a better income.
Now, that’s a conversation you’re unlikely to have in Dubai. And, as the meter clocked up a sum as much as our usual airport run from Sports City, for a relatively short hop to Bahrain’s main mosque and museum in Manama, we agreed his career decision had been a sound one.