Saturday 12 February - Our first activity today was to visit the National Museum which was quite nice considering the size of the country. The most entertaining parts were the recreations of everyday life, complete with fully costumed mannequins ( I especially liked the souk display with all the various shops one might find). Ian's favorite aspect was the aerial view of the country which occupies nearly the entire floor of the ground floor space. Then we drove to Al Jasra to visit the handicraft centre, we only got slightly lost but nearly drove to Saudi Arabia. It was a lovely building with a central courtyard garden surrounded by small workshops which demonstrate various native crafts such as weaving, pottery, boat building and chest making. We meandered through all the exhibits then did some shopping in the gift shop. We then drove to the nearby beach to admire the turquoise water and the view of the causeway to Saudi Arabia. We then tried to find the weaving centre but had absolutely no luck finding it. We managed to find the Barbar temple where we stopped to wander around the ruins.
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