I am in Bahrain.

Everything went well getting here. I slept only about an hr on the flight to London. I got a few hrs of sleep from London to Bahrain. I slept like a rock last night though.

This morning I had a very nice breakfast at the hotel, and took my time with the first cafe I had to shoot. The people have all been very nice so far. Because Ramadan is going on here right now, the cafe is closed during the day, so that made it nice and easy to photograph. Except everything is closed during the day, but oh well. It's over 100 degrees here and pretty humid as well. The only thing I might do outside today is swim in the pool.

Tomorrow I will fly to Kuwait.

Here's a picture from my hotel room:

Middle East/Europe Trip

I am leaving today at 5pm for a 2.5 week trip to the Middle East/Europe. The purpose of this trip is to photograph Hard Rock Cafe's in each city. I will be traveling to the countries of Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt, Italy, and Czech Republic.

At the end of the trip, Katherine will be flying out to Prague to join me for a few days.


Here is a list of my itinerary over the course of the trip:

Depart: Friday 8/28 – 5:00pm
Saturday 8/29 arrive Bahrain
Sunday 8/30: Shoot Bahrain Café
Monday 8/31: AM Bahrain Cafe / travel to Kuwait
Tuesday 9/1: Kuwait Cafe
Wednesday 9/2: Kuwait Café
Thursday 9/3: Travel - Kuwait to Sharm El Sheikh
Friday 9/4: Sharm El Sheikh Cafe
Saturday 9/5: Sharm El Sheikh Cafe AM - travel to Hurghada
Sunday 9/6: Shoot - Hurghada
Monday 9/7: Hurghada
Tues 9/8: Travel - Hurghada to Venice (leave 1:45am)
Weds 9/9: Venice
Thursday 9/10: Venice AM - Venice to Prague
Friday 9/11: Prague Cafe
Saturday 9/12: Prague with Katherine
Sunday 9/13: Prague with Katherine
Monday 9/14: Prague to Columbus, OH

I will do my best to provide updates every few days as my internet access allows.

It is supposed to be quite hot in Bahrain and Kuwait, so that will be interesting to experience.

I'll post a new blog when I get to Bahrain.

- John

Middle East

Well, in a few weeks I will be heading off for a trip to the Middle East. I will be going to Bahrain, Kuwait, and Egypt, with a stop in Venice on the way back home.

I will post more details as it gets closer.