Traditional Gulf craft constructed from reeds.

Basket Makers in Karbabad Village.  Palm fronds are shaped in to colourful baskets.  Floor mats, household items and bird coops are also made.

Traditional style shops still exist in corners of Bahrain.

To get the best prices always haggle.

A tinker at work.

Two young Bahraini girls in traditional dress for the annual Cultural Festival.

Sixth December is Bahrain's National Day and it's widely celebrated, partly by the setting up of numerous posters and billboards along major roads.

Camels are still farmed and kept in Bahrain.

Camels are still farmed and kept in Bahrain.

The sunsets in Bahrain are often glorious - partly due to dust in the air and (unfortunately) partly due to the prevalent air pollution.

The sunsets in Bahrain are often glorious - partly due to dust in the air and (unfortunately) partly due to the prevalent air pollution.

The sunsets in Bahrain are often glorious - partly due to dust in the air and (unfortunately) partly due to the prevalent air pollution.

Donkey carts can still be seen occasionally sharing the roads with modern trucks and cars.

A good number of interesting monuments have been constructed around Bahrain. This one is in the shape of Arabic Coffee Pot

A monument in the shape of a map of the Bahrain Islands, located beside a main highway.

The effective Sail Monument is located by the causeways that connect the islands of Bahrain and Muharraq, as the International Airport is located on M

A Dhow shipyard can be found only a mile away from the centre of Manama

Cloth weaving in Bani Jamr Village, another traditional Bahraini handicraft that is actively encourage by the government.   The thread is imported fro

A "nodding donkey" - despite recent diversification of the economy, much of the governments income is still derived from oil.

The artificial island located at the middle of the 25km long King Fahad Causeway linking Bahrain with Saudi Arabia.  Used as a border crossing and cus

From the Dhow yard, looking towards the nearby Pearl Roundabout and city centre.

The Grand Mosque in Manama

The A'Ali Burial Mounds date back to 2000BC.  There was once over 170,000 burial mounds in Bahrain, the largest near the village of A'Ali are known as