Hessarian99 t1_iuiczmm wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:41 PM

Reply to comment by Shenanigamii in Did I get a fair price for my Turkish Rug? by sbayz92

Amusingly the Bahraini government and elite lives at the mercy of Saudi and the USA as they Sunni monarchy is hated by the Shiite commoners.

Oman is a slightly more friendly place, more chill.

Most of the gulf states are trying to become gross tourist traps like Vegas tbh and it's really sad.

My Jordanian internet guy went on a massive rant about how fake and corrupt the Gulf Arabs are and said if you want the REAL ME go to Jordan or maybe Lebanon.

Rant over 😜

Shenanigamii t1_iuix464 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 5:54 PM

You are not wrong. The amount of protests and tire fires was a bit much. I was riding my motorcycle one time to the Harley dealer and a few turns away I was about 4 cars behind a truck that stopped, 3 men jumped out and one tossed them tires. The dumped petrol all over the tires, lit them, and then they drove away. Was crazy to witness