Novotel Al Anoud Riyadh

... in Hong Kong. I guess I don't really need it anymore, but it would have been nice to already have a cell phone in case I do come back to Korea. <br><br>I had a wonderful Skype session with Christian and Jessica during my layover in Hong Kong. It was exactly what I needed to turn a gloomy day a little bit brighter. <br><br>The flight from Hong Kong to Riyadh is nearly full. I am seated next to a woman in full abaya. After a long awkward silence of no ...

I apologise for the lack of actual information on this page. It has been a fairly hectic few days. Needless to day, I have already been in contact with most of you by now and updated you on how the new job was going.<br><br>I, along with another colleague, rented a rather batter, manual gear, Hyundai Accent and took it for a spin for about 24 hours around Riyadh and also out to Ad-Diriyiah. Al-Diriyah is a town in Saudi Arabia located on the ...

... made their way to &#8216;Passport Control&#8217;. 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 &#8216;Second Time Visitor&#8217; 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 ...

... the Faisaliah are impressive. Being Ramadan there wasn't much traffic...more on that later.<br><br>The compound, al Jazeera, is nice...small, central to the city, good amenities - pool, gym, tv room, small coffee shop. Glenn has a 1 bedroom apartment which has everything he needs, and it is cool. After a quick tour of the place i had a cuppa and off to bed...i mean i haven't seen glenn for months :)

Four weeks later it was time to head for home. We loaded up our car again, although this time our luggage rack on top of the car was completely full, and left Jeddah in the early afternoon.<br><br>We passed through Makkah again on our way, and inevitably we got lost. They have gotten so much better about having street signs, but even so and even with a detailed map of the city, we followed the roads and ended up at a dead end -- specifically a road that ...

When you are entering Riyadh from the east, you pass a lot of agricultural spots -- date farms, dairy farms, fields with modern irrigation equipment. Leaving the city heading west it's as if you have come to the edge of a vast cliff and are now headed down into an enormous valley. Our ears ...

We reached Riyadh close to midnight. My husband's aunt's (by marriage) brother lives in Riyadh, and we usually sleep at their villa and have a meal before heading out again for the longer segment of our journey. Riyadh is a huge city; unfortunately it has only been a stopover point for us, we haven't had the opportunity to spend much time exploring. <br><br>After dinner and a night's rest we left, making a short stop at Starbucks for a Frappucino. I ...

... 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 ...

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 ...

... 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 ...