Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia Travel Blogs

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

... of metropolitan Riyadh within easy reach to the city's posh commercial and prestigious business centers. If you are a businessman and visiting Riyadh, Al Seteen palace Hotel is the place for you to stay. The service is excellent, rooms are clean and above ...

The Long Way Home...
Oct 27, 2006 (13 photos)

... opted to drive on and look for something around Medinah airport. Madinah itself is the second holiest city in Islam, hence in Saudi Arabia, Mecca (or Makkah, as it is called locally) being the first. Non-Muslims are not allowed within 10 kilometers of ...

Saudi Arabia
Apr 23, 2006

Saudi Arabia

Drive All NIght
Oct 18, 2006 (5 photos)

... the road above and below the ground until we parted at some point. In the town of Turaif, in the far north of Saudi Arabia, we came across a beautiful mosque which had to have been the largest in the region. From there we turned north-west and finally ...

Riyadh
Nov 17, 2000

Capital, and longtime largest airport (area) in the world.

My arrival in KSA
Oct 13, 2009 (11 photos)

... biggest buildings I’ve ever seen. It was the SABIC headquarters, and it is the second biggest employer in KSA (after Saudi-Aramco), with an excellent reputation internationally. As we glided past, I was struck by all the new and pretty cars. There ...

Riyadh and Surrounding Areas
Aug 12, 1994 (6 photos)

... is next to the infamous square where capital punishment is carried out on Fridays at noon. Architecture The City of Riyadh, has spent millions of dollars modernizing the downtown core and they have done an incredible job. The Faisaliah and Kingdom ...

1er séjour à Riyadh
May 11, 2006

1er fois en Arabie plutot bien surtout le climat ;)

Riyadh
Jan 1, 2006

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Settling in to life in Saudi
May 29, 2009 (40 photos)

Well, I'm settling in pretty well to life here in Riyadh! Am finally finished orientation, and am about to start working in PACU tomorrow, which I'm really looking forward to. The girls in recovery work pretty hard, here. Its a 44 hour week, and they ...

saudi
Sep 2, 2008

night outs, diamond picking, shawarma extra spicy, snorkelling along the red sea, etc. what more can i say.

Starting work
Jun 2, 2009

... a lot of the stuff they covered wasn't all that relevant, but they did run workshops and lectures about settling into life in Saudi as well, which I found really helpful for easing my way into living and working here. The recovery is pretty big, has 16 ...

We (Barely) Make it to Cairo
Oct 10, 2007

Once more to the airport van my friends! So begins another trip by the Doigs, this time to Cairo, Egypt. Although we had never been, we have many friends who have been to Cairo and given us both positive and negative feedback. This was really the trip of ...

Riyadh
Jun 1, 2005

Riyadh

One week down
Mar 30, 2008

I have now been living in Compound D of the King Faisal Hosital for one week and one day!  Hardly counting am I???  Its been an interesting week, and I am learning constantly...what can I do...what can't I do..what line should I stand in..what ...

Arrival at Riyadh, Airport
Jun 12, 2005

Touchdown at Riyadh...

Time to head home.
Aug 13, 2009 (10 photos)

... terrible!") while I finished my ablutions, and when I turned I saw that there was an entire half-circle of Saudi ladies behind us, clearly delighted.  One was trying to translate what my daughter was saying and they were all smiling and ...

Saudia Arabia
Sep 12, 2003 (4 photos)

Riyadh, Saudia Arabia -

Overnight in Riyadh
Jul 17, 2009 (5 photos)

... use them, but everyone has the same entrance and you can sit in private or in an open public room, your choice.  In Saudi you don't have a choice, which I had forgotten, but the counter staff kindly redirected me.  So out I went, around the small ...

Arrival at Saudi Arabia
Mar 10, 2005

Back to reality... Back to real work...  It's a wonderful experience...

Prep
Dec 1, 2008

Yup, it's like going to Prep school again. I'll be flying with Saudia Airlines from Riyadh to Dammam on December 10. Will have a 14-hour layover at the Dammam International Airport before boarding my KLM flight to Amsterdam at 1:45 AM on December 11. ...

Some pictures of my first weekend
Oct 24, 2009 (12 photos)

... and Tower) and went up to the Sky Bridge. is a supertall skyscraper located in the city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is the tallest skyscraper in Saudi Arabia and the 45th tallest building in the world with ...

visit
Jan 21, 2008

philippines to riyadh

Retour à Riyadh
Nov 11, 2006

Arabie me revoila :D

Leave at Riyadh Airport
Mar 2, 2005

Time to fly...

Riyadh, KSA
Mar 11, 2007

Arrived Riyadh on March 11, 2007 on board CX flight from Manila via HK-Bahrain.

Weekend getaway
Aug 20, 2008

... to or simply going to Bahrain again and again for lack of better ideas), contrary to my typical behavior, here I am in the Saudi Air flight to Cairo (chocks off). The original deal was to hit Cairo by 6pm to get into a late night sleeper train ...

Ramadan experience
Apr 15, 1988

as salam alaikum

Third Country
Feb 7, 2008

entry number 3

umroh
Apr 9, 2008

1 hari di Riyadh