Al Corniche Hotel Jeddah

... the colors were gorgeous, and although I had my camera and asked my husband if we couldn't try to surreptitiously take a quick snap he wasn't ready to take the risk. We bought some shrimp and headed for home. Unfortunately the shrimp smell remained in our car for the remainder of our trip, which is odd because that certainly wasn't the first time we've been to a fish market in that car and that hadn't happened before.

The rest of our ...

Arrived at last on UK don't care if its freezing cold, if its snowing, if there are gales, even 5ft of snow I don't care.......I'm just happy that I am safe...didn't really want to say how much I was frightened the last few days and didn't want people to worry but the tears of relief when that plane took off I have never felt before ...

At airport she has booked me on the flight tonight from london so I will have to stay in London over night and get a flight Sunday. She was really horrible this morning never even told me about my flights she left the house with not saying a word gave my passport to the guard and told then not to give me it till I was through immigration!!!! Think she sent the most run down car she could find to take me ...

Well I hope I will be on a flight tomorrow Saturday, finger crossed as yet I have not been told anything, not been given my passport back with exit visa, tickets etc etc. But the agency assures me it will be OK tomorrow!! The last few days have been very scary for me and very worrying as you hear so many stories, I just don't know if I ever want to come back it has been an experience to say the least.......mmmmm might write a book ...

... But another good thing came out of yesterday, I was talking to the girl I was out with and she said why don't I apply for a job in a school out here as a Teaching Assistant. Wages are about £500/£550 a week, you get a furnished villa in a compound, you get help with return airfares, you get 10 days off at Easter, 10 at Christmas, 7 at Eid and nearly 3 months in the summer and you get paid for those as, also you are off Thursday and Friday and every evening. So that would mean I ...

Sorry I have not done much on my Travel Pod but not really got the heart or mind to do it maybe after a week or so I might!! Need to get a leats a few photos before the end of March. At least I can say it was an experience and it will make me stronger as a person.

... like a teacher so no I'm not going to massage your foot and if you want a packet of crisps go get them yourself!!! As I say start as you mean to go on, if I ran round after the boys on my first day then my life would be hell!! They know where I stand and that I am not a servant to them. They go to bed at a good time 7.15pm/8pm and have been told that if I want to go out in the evenings then that is fine I just need to tell the driver and he will take me and pick me ...

Making a speed trip on Jeddah can be challenging at the best times. I arrived right after Umrah visas had closed for the year, and on the onset of the Hajj visitors. Jeddah has become a modern city, not without its challenges, but a vast improvement from when I first started going there 23 years ago. Highlights, the Corniche, Al Segeoul restaurant; the Dinner Boat, The Red Sea Mall, Al Andalus, (great Cappucino NOT at Starbucks ...

... to have the whole family back together in one place but it will be good. I'm looking to get into freelance pt when i back i have already set up my website http://clairesharpfitness.weebly.com looking to get a job in the industry as well until i can build up my client base. so hopefully things will be good! so down to my last few days and am trying to get to see all the things i haven't yet - not that there is much to see! i have braved it and been ...

... its just down stairs so no excuse! I did my first workout today and the equipment is a little bit strange but not too bad it will take a bit of playing with so it will be good. my first night here on my own went well by the time I got back up here and sorted myself out everyone at home was online so that was pretty cool. eventually went to bed about ...