Things are very unsettled here and we are relying on news reports and facebook postings to tell us what is happening. The embassies are emailing us reguarly throughout the day with reports and safety warnings.
The US embassy have told their citizens to evacuate. The British embassy are saying to stay at home and not go anywhere.
So we are staying indoors, keeping our heads down and getting very bored!
Last night was a little worrying as in our village where our compound is, there were riots and disturbances and we had ambulances and helicopters and tear gas within walking distance away. We were completely safe though.
Our compound upped the security from one guard to at least 10 and vigilantes barricaded the roads in and out of compounds to stop the violent protesters coming near.
We are hearing all kinds of rumours - but can't do much about anything until things become more concrete and we are informed of what to do by our school and the embassy.
The airport is open, but roads getting there are pretty much blocked by rebels.
Apparently Qatari armies are arriving as I type, although it's not on the news yet, but photographs on facebook show them coming across the causeway from Saudi so if it's true, we now have most of the GCC state military forces here to lend support to the King.
We'll just have to see.
We are safe and we are well. We are stocked up and can still get supplies if we run out.
Andrew even had booze delivered today!
The only thing we can't get easily is petrol, so if we do need to escape, we would probably only have enough in our tanks to get to the airport or across the causeway to Saudi.
I don't think it'll come to that!
Will keep you updated.
We are not panicing.
We are getting on with daily life, just shut up at home.
We even plan to have a BBQ for dinner!
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