Al Saha Al-Safir Medina
PO Box 4 5 1 7 Medina, Saudi Arabia
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Starting the next part of our Journey
The day before we were due to leave for Madinah I made a call to Ahmed and the FM Tours team got busy organising things. The flight time allowed us to pray Jumma in the Haram and leave directly thereafter; normal checkout is at 12:00 so I made the relevant arrangements with reception. Abdullah at reception also confirmed the GMC booking and was I worried that there may be a double booking. But it was not so.
We ...
On to Jordan and Saudi!
... streets and cafes. The women in Jordan need not cover their heads and do not have to wear an abaya (the long black long-sleeve dress). Amman is full of wonderful hotels, i.e., The Four Seasons, Sheraton, and amazing others. It also has more than enough fast food American junk food – McD's, Burger King, KFC,, Pizza Hut, Fridays… too much. We never knew when the recruiter would call and tell us to head to Saudi, so ...
Just Driftin'
Thursday 4 December Drifting, Red Sea N 25° 48.2' E 35° 23.9' The clocks having gone back again, and the ship's motion being different, I awoke to see dawn from my window. I got up early enough to do my walk before breakfast, so the deck was unencumbered by paint, but I spent ...
Red Sea Drifters
Wednesday 3 December Red Sea N 23° 56.4' E 36° 36.6' We passed Jeddah (and therefore Mecca) in the early hours. It's another fine calm morning, but the wire brush men are out in force and gradually encroaching on the superstructure, so ...

