Bahrain's New Walking Trail Transports Visitors Back to the Country's Pearl Trading Heyday

Bahrain's New Walking Trail Transports Visitors Back to the Country's Pearl Trading Heyday

On the new Pearling Path, learn about Bahrain's pearl history, and even take a diving tour.Chris Schalkx From left: A statue of a pearl diver at the Bahrain National Museum; Pearls at the Siyadi Pearl Museum, in Bahrain.It was a blazing November afternoon in Muharraq, the former capital of Bahrain. Cardamom and clove perfumed the air, mingling with the scent of fresh flatbread wafting from ovens around every corner. A muezzin’s call to prayer ec…