Want to know of a place in Bahrain
I am new to Bahrain and seem to have landed at the wrong time. Tried the place at Yum but found it was closed. Can anyone advise where you can get the stuff without having the hassles of having to stay in a hotel during this period. Looking forward 2 useful responses.
Report for last three days
Was in Bahrain for last three days and it was very quiet.Stayed at Phoenicia Hotel-You can get alchohol from room service but all bars shut.There were at least 10 girls(GIS) in the hotel plus or minus.The quality varied from 6 to 3 -no stunners.A few girls who had their heart in the business but the rest seemed a bit off.The girls operated as reported before -coming to your room at 6:00 pm and at 11:00 pm looking for business.It seems that unless you are staying in a hotel you are not going to get service-Did not know about Ritz Carlton-pity as always a good place to visit for the band and the decent range of cigars and brandies.I asked one of the hotel staff about the situation and he seemed unfazed by the decree and thought that it might be ignored by next week.There is obviously a lot of money being lost by the people with the wasta(sp).It was difficult to judge if the above level of service applied to other hotels however this might be a good time to haggle with the hotels as mine was not very busy-although you would not know it from the house cleaning service.
Bahrain is a desert during Ramadan
Now that ALL the hotels have been banned from selling alcohol, is there any action at all ? If so, where ? Are the bars open and selling soft drinks ?
What are the girls doing and where are they going ? Are they staying at home ? Have they left ? Are they hitting the coffee shops in the hotels ?
I can't get out until the weekend when my 'trouble' travels. Does anyone have any first hand, eyes-on information, or is it all hearsay ?
Any solid data would be appreciated.
Good hunting in the current climate,
Expatcat
First Hand report on Bahrain
Dear Expacat,
I was in Bahrain last Thursday. Stayed at the Phoenicia Hotel -again!. Their bars where all shut.The other hotel bars that I walked past near the Pheonicia appeared to be shut. The Thai massage parlors on Exhibition Road were open for business-the lights were on but I did not go in to see if there was any action.
The Phoenicia provided room service for any thing that was required- booze and girls. There were about 10 girls on site.They were not busy so had a good selection.Had one Lebanese girl and one Russian girl. They were very accommodating.
I can not talk about finding girls outside the hotels but I did see some Thai(?) girls standing outside one of the hotels near Exhibition road waiting for a pick-up. They had gone when I walked back.
Good hunting.