{"id":48189,"date":"2019-01-02T14:08:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T14:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/sharqiyah\/en\/competitions\/more-than-half-a-million-people-visited-bahrain\/"},"modified":"2019-01-02T14:08:21","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T14:08:21","slug":"more-than-half-a-million-people-visited-bahrain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dammam\/en\/feature\/more-than-half-a-million-people-visited-bahrain\/","title":{"rendered":"More Than Half A Million People Visited Bahrain This Week And The Twitter Reaction To It Is Kinda Hilarious"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the last five days, more than half a million Saudi residents drove over the King Fahad Causeway to Bahrain and it has resulted in a bit of a humorous sticky situation.<\/p>\n

Bahrain, the neighboring Eastern island, a mere 45-minute drive from Khobar has been a favorite weekend getaway for a lot of Saudis for years now.<\/p>\n

And of course, since the same week of New Year’s Eve fell upon the same week that Saudi schools announced an extended holiday- we kinda saw this overcrowding coming.<\/p>\n

Mind you, Bahrain’s population goes a little beyond a million<\/h3>\n

So this was quite a bit to take on.<\/p>\n

Reports even say that Bahrain received more Saudi visitors through the bridge in the last five days than EVER.<\/p>\n

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But the Saudi reaction to the news was comedic at best<\/h3>\n

Prayers for the bridge’s wellbeing were made<\/h3>\n

‘May God save the bridge’<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u2014 Aljohara (@Om_hatam) January 2, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

Others thought up entrepreneurial ideas for the island<\/h4>\n

‘For those who open their projects in Bahrain, they\u2019ll be businessmen through one year’<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u2014 \u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f (@2cYAwubpEfJTbWZ) January 2, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

“More than Bahrain’s population”<\/em><\/h4>\n

Okay, although not entirely true, Bahrain’s population is estimated at around 1.6 million peeps but this one’s hilarz.<\/p>\n

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\u2014 \u0628\u062f\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u062a\u064a\u0628\u064a (@badaral66) January 2, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

‘Is there oxygen there?<\/em><\/h4>\n
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\u2014 Saudi (@saudi1877_) January 2, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

Were you one of Bahrain’s visitors in the last five days?<\/h4>\n

It’s all love between the two nations.<\/p>\n

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