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Ernie Explores
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Manama – Day 3
What do you do after such packed days in Manama? Plan another one of course! While we were looking up what to do in Manama we came up on a very interesting idea. Of course, my partner loves doing strange/interesting things. He had to do a lot of research as to where to go exactly,…
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Manama – Day 2
Yesterday was completely packed with things all day, and today isn’t much different. It may feel like less things get done because we have “travel” to take into account, but it will still be full. So… let’s get moving! What we wish to visit today isn’t “close”. We put it in quotation marks because Bahrain…
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Manama (Bahrain) – Day 1
We woke up in a new country with everything new to explore! What fun! And look at what we have to explore! Maybe we should clarify in case there are any Bahrainis reading this. For everyone (except Bahrainis) reading this, we are in Manama. Most maps show Manama encompassing pretty much everything on this side…
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Travel Day
Well, the day has come to leave Riyadh behind. You’d think that that would mean leaving Saudi Arabia behind, but we’re not ready to leave just yet. However, that being said, we don’t know what we will do today or where we will end up. Let me explain… We have a train ticket to Dammam…
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Riyadh – Day 7
So, you thought we were stretched on what to do in Riyadh the past few days? Today is a whole other level. Our ticket to leave is tomorrow, and we can’t just sit around all day… so….? We did a bit of foreshadowing yesterday, we said we had gone north and south, and then we…
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Riyadh – Day 6
What to do, what to do? Well, we’re not sure. It’s our second last day in Riyadh, so we have to make it count. It’s a bit of a lie that “we’re not sure”. We know what to do, but you’ll see the problem in a second. So we head off from the hotel through…
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Riyadh – Day 5
Well… we have run out of “big” ideas of things to do. Originally we were going to leave early today, but our method of transportation (cryptic, huh?) didn’t have any tickets available for the next few days, so we will be in Riyadh a bit longer. Let’s see what we can get up to! So,…
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Riyadh – Day 4
So yesterday was Al Masmak, but today is Ad-Diriyah! We mentioned it yesterday (with different spelling, we just go by the spelling we see on signs/online) as the capital of the early Saudi states, so, might as well check it out. And there’s a UNESCO world heritage site there, At-Turaif. AND it was recommended to…
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Riyadh – Day 3
Well, today we have a “cultural” day planned. A few museums that are all in the same direction. Off we go! We’re pretty close to the National Museum, so obviously that’s our first stop. The next museum doesn’t open until 4, so it’s perfect anyway. Or so we thought… Again, construction. This time we try…
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Riyadh – Day 2
Well… today will be short and we have to make a decision. Do we go to the game tonight or not? The other Spanish Super Cup semi final? Hard choice because we would love to see Barcelona play, but will we be lucky enough to get an Uber out there? Or find another taxi? Let’s…
Check out my last World Cup trip on my old blog! You can find blog posts from my trip from Helsinki, Finland to Vladivostok, Russia.
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During that trip we visited Helsinki, Tallinn, Riga, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ulan Ude, Sliudianka, Ulaanbataar, Chita, and Vladivostok. You can find the end of that trip on this website (Vladivostok, Tokyo, Kyoto, Hong Kong, and Beijing).