Saudi Arabia Travel Blogs

Assir 2
Feb 9, 2008 (28 photos)

This day we went to Rijal Alma. On the way we stopped at interesting buildings like watchtowers, traditional buildings and an ottoman fort.

Jeddah 5
Feb 7, 2008 (17 photos)

On the fifth day we visited the old City Al Balad again...

Jeddah 6
Feb 17, 2008 (14 photos)

Back to Jeddah we visited a traditional house in Al Balad (old Center of jeddah).

Bright Lights, Big Baghdad
Sep 24, 2006 (1 photos)

Damman King Fahad Airport, Saudi Arabia September 23, 2006 9:15PM Local Time 11:15 AM Vancouver Time A fairly uneventful flight to Saudi Arabia, and considering our flight path I can't tell you how grateful I am to be making that statement. I have ...

The night before Christmas, Saudi-style
Dec 25, 2007

... foul - pronounced "fool"; literally, beans, but practically short for foul meddames, a mixed bean dish served for breakfast thobe - Saudi term for the white dress-thingy the men wear gutra - Saudi term for the Arabian hat that consists of a handkerchief ...

Jeddah 1
Feb 3, 2008 (10 photos)

Jeddah, the first stay of our trip. We were received from the King Abdual Aziz University of Jeddah. The first day we visited the old city centre od Jeddah called Al Balad.

Al Ula 4 - Madain Saleh 2
Feb 15, 2008 (23 photos)

This was another great day in Madain Saleh. We visited some more Nabataean tombs. In the afternoon we visited a Railwaystation in the south of Al Ula and in Al Ula.

Jeddah 7 - Taif
Feb 18, 2008 (22 photos)

We made a trip to Taif to visit the Shubra Palace, an old damn and to have a camel for lunch :-)

going home
Aug 27, 2008

well my time here in jeddah is coming to an end. started the count down 17days to go. its been an experience - one I'm not likely to forget. I've enjoyed my time here but life is so different. a bit too different for my tastes. I've tried it and to be ...

madinah
May 9, 2006 (7 photos)

Yatrib, his old name, then turn to Madinah Munawarah, as the light of haq been spread to all around the world from this city, where the Prophet Muhamad s.a.w have travel from Mecca to Madinah and make the afford for deen there. Ansar people, which have ...

"The Beginning of my journey...Being Modifa"
Oct 28, 2005

"Modifa" an Arabic word means Flight Attendant. Some call us Stewardess, FA, or Air Hostess -- calls us whatever you want. Being a Flight Attendant is not that easy. It's not enough that you are pretty, fresh, young, slim, tall and smart. I'm not saying ...

BVAWT023 - QEMA
Sep 30, 2008

QEMA - Pir Mohammad Bin Abdul aziz International Airport

finally i have a purpose
May 15, 2008 (1 photos)

woohoo I have news!!!! I have my class timetable - and I'm not teaching spin! I teach boxacise 4 times a week and body conditioning once, as well as a kids class! this is all good. my work hours are 10.30 till half one and then 5 till 9 ish! not bad ...

Al Ula 1
Feb 12, 2008 (7 photos)

From Abha we took the airplane to Jeddah and then to Medina. At Medina we rented two cars to get to Al Ula in the North.

Al Ula 2 - Madain Saleh 1
Feb 13, 2008 (48 photos)

...in my opinion this was the greatest day of our trip to Saudi Arabia :-) We visited the Nabataean Tombs in Madain Saleh, the Saudi Arabian counterpart of Petra, Jordan. A very fantastic landscape; the sand - the rocks - the sky; the fascinating ...

Jeddah 2
Feb 4, 2008 (5 photos)

The second day in Jeddah we were shown the new Jeddah, mostly consisted of Shopping Malls.

saudi arabia
Apr 2, 2007

ga kebayang sebelumnya kalo negara pertama lain yang dikunjungi adalah arab saudi..hahaa. tujuannya sihh umroh. tapikan skalian jalan jalan emang paling enak..ya kaann? yang paling asik dari arab saudi tuu... pemandangan: walaupun gersang tapi banyak ...

The long wait in Abha and a return to Dhahran.
Dec 24, 2007

Man, it seemed so simple. But some things just have this way of spiralling out of control, you know? With an 8:00 PM departure, we needed to be at the airport by 6 PM. But we'd seen pretty much everything in town (so much was closed due to the Eid) ...

Al Seteen Palace Hotel, Riyadh
Nov 25, 2008 (23 photos)

Welcome to the Desert City, an oasis of opulence and modernity, Riyadh, the Garden City. Arabs, by nature, are famous for their unprecedented hospitality. Their rich culture is an envy to many and their religion is a way of life. I heard a legend about a ...

where does the time go?
May 27, 2008

wow two weeks already! things are good here. my Arabic is improving and I'm learning words that i can use in my classes and with my clients! i still haven't seen any picturesque parts but I'm hoping to be a little bit more adventurous in the next few ...

Red Sea Drifters
Dec 3, 2008 (2 photos)

Wednesday 3 December Red Sea                                     & ...

ouch ouch ouch
May 17, 2008

ouch ouch ouch! i had a brill day on the beach with the girls. and surprise surprise i got sun burnt - but only on the places i couldn't reach! it all started last night with an unexpected but very very welcome phone call. i was so pleased to hear from ...

first day and night
May 14, 2008

wow OK here goes my arrival and first night!!!!! landing at the airport was chaos. the flight was uneventful and not much turbulence so that was good, i was however told that there would be someone to meet me off the plane, the ground staff had other ...

Ancient Nabataean tombs
Nov 13, 2009 (33 photos)

... reputation. Anyways, enough history!  We headed out to MS, by police escort of course.  After some typical Saudi bureaucracy, we entered the rocky dirt roads and rumbled our way around the archaeological site.  Not much to say really, tombs ...

Assir 1
Feb 8, 2008 (18 photos)

In the morning we flew to Abha in the Assir mountains.

Jeddah 4
Feb 6, 2008 (16 photos)

On the fourth day we had a lecture by Dr. Adnan of the historical City of Jeddah at the City Council. In the afternoon we visited a new built living house with traditional elements of Jeddah designed by the Philosph/Architect Sami M Angaw.

first party
Jun 28, 2008 (2 photos)

well had my first party here this weekend - it was awesome! great BBQ and some new friends. was all good fun. the beach is getting hotter - I'm still getting burnt even on my elbows this week - so I'm doing well. managed to get a couple of pictures of ...

Assir 3
Feb 10, 2008 (29 photos)

On the third day in Assir we went to Al Habalah where houses are built on the foot of a high cliff and only accessible by a cable car. On the way we also visited some traditional houses an watchtowers.

Al Ula - Ooh La La
Nov 12, 2009 (23 photos)

Over the weekend, we (a group of about 20 teachers) set off for Al Ula, which is the nearest city to Madain Saleh, Saudi's premier archaeological site (but more on that in the next blog).  About a 4 hour drive from Hail, we piled up in cars and made ...

one month mark
Jun 16, 2008

wow its been almost six weeks. time has gone so fast. been out to dinner, shopping and the beach - thats covers all the social things to do here! made some good friends and am looking forward to the year ahead. with everyone planning trips home this ...