I had always wanted to take a houseboat cruise on the famed Kerala Backwaters in Southern India. And, when I was in Kollam recently, that opportunity came my way. Being there in the midst of nature, the calm waters and the millions of coconut palms is an experience, during which one is at pains to decide whether to take in the sights or to just take a snooze in the serenity. The former, of course, won in my case!
Every Wednesday, for the last two months, Bahrain has received thousands of what are commonly called ‘cruise tourists’ who come on large luxury passenger liners.
They spend a whole day on the Island visiting, among other places, the traditional Suq in Bab Al Bahrain.
I tried getting some glimpses of the predominately German visitors in the cradle of Bahrain culture but ended up capturing other facets of daily ‘life’, among them a officer and elderly men socialising or just watching the world go by, from a “park bench.” 
MANDEEPSINGS 