Bahrain and the Tree of Life...

(Photos by Tavarua)

Parked to walk a sandy desert hill to visit a 400 years old mesquite tree.

Bahrain has an arid desert climate - today 35 degree Celsius, it is hot and the temperatures stay high year round.

In the midst of a hot dry desert is a lonely tree named Sharajat-al-Hayat/The Tree of Life.  The source of water for the tree is still unknown.

The local legend tells you that this was the tree of life in the original Garden of Eden.

and later in the shade of a palm tree something cold to drink and good book...