Something Old and Something New

Today's photo is a modern Bahraini house which still brings the traditional style in its design. The surrounding walls or fences must be the modern aspect but the upper part, undoubtedly the traditional Bahraini design with its Wind Tower and its famous brown desert colouring.

Ancient Graves of Dilmun Era

Today's photo is the burial mounds from Dilmun era of past Bahrain. There were recorded that the numbers were approximately 170,000 mounds or more dating to 3,000 BC and 600 AD but due to the road and house construction the number have been brought down to 10,000 - 20,000.

If you are interested to know about Dilmun's ancient Bahrain era and the artefacts left in today Bahrain, please go here and here.

Seef Mall Bird's View

The Desert Series #02

The Desert Series # 01

Today is my 200th posting! Hip Hip Hooray!

Shajarat Al Hayah or The Tree of Life

Today photo is a famous tree in Bahrain called The Tree of Life or in arabic translated as Shajarat Al Hayah. Actually I already posted it yeterday but today I want to show how it looks from afar. It is a very old tree of 400 year old and considered as a natural wonder. It stands alone in a desert near Al Areen area. Until today, the source of its water still remains a mystery because it stands in a place completely out of water.

It is a mesquite tree and the reason why it survives the harshes life of the desert you could find here at Wikipedia (Lol I am doing a little research on this one).

Under the Tree Canopy