But first: a choice of four couches in Bahrain…
See, my flight to London had a stopover there. ‘Is that near Malaysia’ everyone asked. Exactly. That is, no one seems to know anything about Bahrain, not least where it is (not near Malaysia, of course - it’s a tiny country just east of Saudi Arabia), and not least, me. So I decided to turn two hours in Bahrain airport into two days… Primarily research warns me to wrap a light sweater around my shoulders in its cool evenings. And those four couches? They ALL belong to my final host, who also has three spare double bedrooms. No doubt he will be pleased to despatch me to London in time for Christmas …