Holiday Inn Al Khobar Corniche

... br><br>I got myself reserved on the 07:30 PM bus, well organized, and reached the SAPTCO Bus Station early only to be told that the bus was cancelled. I coudnt figure out what the attendant was trying to tell me but I was relieved to know that there was a bus at 10:00 PM so I waited, and got on that one.<br><br>The bus started making its slow cruise out of the city and I started getting images (although night) of the desert. Well, I have been on the outskirts of ...

... and also not having any male family members with us [women are not allowed to cross solo, nor are they allowed to drive in Saudi!], we didn't even bother to attempt to cross the real border to go into Damman [although I wanted to..], so Saudi exploration will have to wait until I'm married :P [I have no brothers and my dad would much rather go anywhere else but a hot desert!]<br>

... rush to tie up loose end at the plant, package some things to send back to the U.S., and give away some of the small gifts I had bought in Atlanta for the people I&#8217;d be working with. The taxi driver got lost in the Industrial City that the plant was in, so I spent about 10 minutes standing in the sweltering heat and sun during the peak of the day, sweating my butt of in my business clothes.

... caused some issues with productions that forced us to make workarounds.<br> <br>Saad offered another night of squash, but since I wanted to see more of Saudi (rather than a squash court), I politely declined and hoped I didn&#8217;t offend (I think I was only mostly successful). Edwin wanted to take me out again to see the sights---though I felt like I was imposing somewhat by mentioning the things I was going to do (when asked), I think ...

... way, so I think he was making sure they maintained their discipline (also guys there are pretty ig fines for breaking the law). Same sort of thing as Hyper Panda (I had been to a Carrefour in Bogota last fall)&#8212;took pics and all that too. I thought about buying a camera tripod, but decided it wasn&#8217;t worth hauling around, and bout a memory stick for Saad as a gift for his hospitality.<br><br>On the way back to the hotel, Erwin and I talked a bit more ...

... like option, garlic bread, and cinnastix. The pizzas were mediums and the pepsi was about 2L for about 7 people, so I rationed myself and stuck to a few pieces of pepperoni, a cinnastick (really wanted a piece of garlic bread but was offered the cinnatix), and less pepsi than I would have liked. I couldn't help but think that for that number of people in the U.S., we definitely would have ordered large pizzas, and maybe more than two, which is probably ...

Woke up at 6am (so tired!), but showered, did my morning exercises, and had a big included-in-rate breakfast buffet at the hotel restaurant. I still avoided tap water and anything else risky, so I was left with milk (which tasted a little funny and I stopped drinking when I thought it could be unpasteurized and mean trouble) and bottled water. The buffet was interesting---lots of fruit which I avoided (since not all of it was a "peeled ...

Pendant nos 2 semaines de Paques , nous sommes alles en Egypte. Pour voir les civilisations anciennes. Le Caire est une ville gigantesque. En Egypte , il a 80 millions d'habitants. Au Caire, ils sont plus de 23 millions!!! During our Spring Break , we decided to visit Egypt. Cairo is a monster of a city! The total population of Egypt 80 million.....the population in Cairo 23 million.....! Enjoy our pictures! Marc and Nat

'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the land, Not a creature was stirring, they got stuck in loose sand. My cousins in PJs, and me in my bisht Had just settled down for the long sleep I wished. When all of a sudden, I heard such a noise That it made me forget all my travel tech toys I arose from my bed, though I sleep like a log. "Something's happening", I said, "I can put on my blog". Then what, to my wondering eyes should I spy ...

... June for putting up with me for the Womens - instead of sweating it out in a godforsaken border post.... Anyways, once I got going, the first stretch of road made the bleak Ruwais - Sila (UAE) landscape look positively enchanting. BTW, that is as boring as watching paint dry. I holed up at a services motel, and this morning went to Al Hofuf, which is supposed to be the world's largest ...