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Colours of Bahrain

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One of the best and most endearing images of Bahrain I have ever taken. Shot from a chopper, this picture of the Galali neighbourhood near the Bahrain International Airport, is what most people arriving into the country will see from the sky as they approach to land.
I have been in the area scores of times but all that colour visible from the air makes it an unbelievable sight. The sheer number of colours, the Lego-like blocks of houses, the satellite dishes and even some traffic make it a surreal sight. The splash of colour also adds to Bahrain’s “Happy Place” image.

Lonely life in the desert

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The Tree of Life is pictured on a cloudy winter afternoon

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The setting sun presents a stunning backdrop to the Tree

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No other tree for miles around. That is the peculiarity of the Tree

This is perhaps one of the world’s loneliest trees.
Bahrain’s Tree of Life, reportedly around 500 years old, is also number 6 in a list of the world’s seven most amazing trees.
The mesquite tree sits at the highest point in the barren desert, miles from the another natural tree and is thought to have tap roots reaching hundreds of feet down to aquifers.
The site, also recently home to a major excavation project, is a well-known tourist attraction, particularly in the winter, and a venue during the night of musical and dance concerts featuring some of the world’s best-known ensembles and theater groups.

 

 

‘Where’s my share?’

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DSC_0076This photograph was taken in the main bazaar of the tourist-infested hill station of Kasauli in Northern India’s Himachal Pradesh State. There are as many monkeys in this once sleepy little town founded by the British nearly a century ago as there are visitors from the plains, desperate to escape the sizzling temperature. I am sure these predecessors of humans on the planet look forward to the summer influx with some amount of impatience since they then get to share the spoils, as is clear from this shot.
The look on the monkey’s face and the way the man is sitting and eating tells a story. Never mind the litter, but this is one of the better pictures I think I have taken!

 

A Wednesday!

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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.”  DSC_5354DSC_5365 DSC_5352 DSC_5351 DSC_5336 DSC_5369

 

 

Flag Staff

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Flag StaffFlags of the participating nations flutter on a breezy winter evening at the Bahrain International Air Show being held at the Sakhir Air Base. The event, which will conclude tomorrow, is an occasion for airline and aviation professionals to gather and share expertise as well as sign deals worth billions of dollars.