Al Seteen Palace Hotel Riyadh

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Mu'had Al Idarah Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 11482, 966-1-477-3006

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Al Seteen Palace Hotel, Riyadh

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 poor family inviting a Guest for dinner and upon realizing that the food at home was not enough, the hosts had to put off the lamp accidentally and in darkness they pretended they were eating with the guest. They slept hungry that night but e...

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia mohdsalehkhamis

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Modern Saudi with Towers

I woke up at 12 am . I get ready quickly and take a taxi to Al-Faisaliyah Tower. It is a good tower .not good than Kingdom tower but nice...
then i went to Masmak Citadel. A old fort . It was also nice place.
After that I traveled to Riyadh Airport.
My flight sv 554 take off for Dubai at 2:15pm.
Nice city.

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Welcome Amazing Capital.

I reach Riyadh at 12;35 pm . Airport was very nice as I mention before.
I take a taxi to Riyadh Marriott.beautiful hotel with a tennis court, an indoor pool, and a health club. Other amenities include a restaurant, a bar/lounge, and a fitness facility.
the luxury rooms have satellite television, minibars, and complimentary newspapers; rooms
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KING AIRPORT

I reach at King Khalid International Airport at 8:30 pm.this is world's biggest airport by area.Airport was beautiful. I like it. Then I was waiting for my next flight to Jeddah. At 12 pm suadia airline sv1087 was ready to fly. In the plane I was relaxing and thinking about my trip.

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Hellish travels! Ode to Johnny Walker!

... of prayer time. Got my bags all in one piece and faced a few questions because my bags were coming from Korea via Hong Kong and I had my hard drives of photography. I guess they had experiences with people trying to bring in illegal movies etc. on their hard drives (porn? other questionable material?) from those countries.

Ali from Education Experts is not there to pick me up. I wander the airport for nearly an hour and half with no ...

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Some pictures of my first weekend

... 020 ft). It is also host to the highest mosque in the world. The Tower Contains a total of 43 floors excluding the 4 levels of basement. The Kingdom Centre is owned by Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, a prince of the Saudi royal family. It is also the headquarters of his holding company: Kingdom Holding Company. The total cost of the project was US$ 1 billion and the contract was taken by Saudi Arabian Al-Saif and The Italian Impregilo.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia irlandii
My arrival in KSA

... made their way to ‘Passport Control’. Once at passport control, there were clearly signposted several lanes. There were queues for GCC citizens, first time visitors and second time visitors. Once a foreigner has received his residency permit then he can use the ‘Second Time Visitor’ lane and this speeds up things quite a bit. But of course, I was joining the longer queue. When, after 45 minutes, I was called forward my passport and visa details were ...

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia irlandii
Starting work

... ventilated, do go straight to ICU, but often we look after ICU "stepdown" patients in recovery before sending them on. I've seen some pretty interesting stuff already - a few MVA's and a partial liver donor this week. Its just taking some getting used to, with all the damn paperwork (so, so much paperwork!) and also their way of doing things. You can't even do the simplest thing such as apply oxygen without a doctor's order! Patients who have a motor block ...

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia kbarrell
One week down

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 room can I go in...should I sit in the front seat or the back seat..should I smile...should I make eye contact...can I ...

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Drive All NIght

... rush for the Jordanian check point a half-mile down the road. As I was driving down, a huge deisel truck was trying to squeeze into the truck lane by - get this - coming in and blocking the car and bus lane to the Jordanian checkpoint. I cut around him by driving onto the rutted sand and back onto the pavement. Apparently he succeeded in blocking the lane, because after me there were not too many cars coming along. We unloaded our SUV and had the guy check out our ...

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia shadocg

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