Middle East Cruise Stop #3 | BAHRAIN FEAST with a local!
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The creator documents a day trip to Bahrain during a Middle East cruise. After traveling forty-five minutes by bus from the cruise port to the city center, the group explores a local souk characterized by outdoor alleyways, spices, and various goods. The creator meets a local guide named Shobana, who provides historical context and leads them to a restaurant called Food at Home. This restaurant, operated out of a villa, was founded by a grandmother known for her cooking. The group enjoys a variety of local dishes, including smoky eggplant with fried onions and various meats and seafood. Following lunch, the tour continues to a historic fort with origins dating back to 2200 BC, featuring walls built by the Portuguese. The creator concludes the day by reflecting on the ease of the visa process for cruise passengers and expressing gratitude for the opportunity to visit a country they first discovered at a travel conference years prior.
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we're gonna get shown around today again by local which i think is just the best way to see these kinds of places
that was amazing and Siobhan has been coming here for a long time and it's never met the grandma who started it and we got to meet her today she was adorable
one of the really nice things about coming on a cruise to the Middle East as an American is that the visa situation is sorted out for you when you get on the ship
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