It's going down the pan. Company advise us to stay in hotel or travel in large groups. Company-issue mobile phone unlikely to be useful in self-defence
We're down in Jeddah - home of the Hajj. Harrasment, constant police searches, and had to run away, sharpish, from a decent sized mob in the soukh.
All flights through Bahrain cancelled as per FO advice and I was delighted to see one of our aircraft in full livery at Brize on the BBC, loading troops for Kuwait. What a publicity coup that was
Suggest buying a Chevvy Caprice, a hammer, sun-tan lotion and a fake beard. Apply hammer to Chevvy, sun-tan lotion and beard to face. Urban camouflage - I'm almost an expert !