InterContinental Riyadh

Mazaar Street, Riyadh, 11481, Saudi Arabia | 5 star hotel

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A night in Saudi Arabia

A travel blog entry by travelwithjorg

An surprise day in Saudi Arabia's capital, normally a place where you do not easily go. I spent 12 hours (16 to 4 am) on the airport and luckily there was internet! I took the time to skype with some people and had a busy evening after all. Food was served by Saudi Arabian Airlines and before I knew it it was 00.30 hrs! ...

Epilogue: The Kingdom

A travel blog entry by rio2012

... middle of the super scorching desert, this is the royal metropolis, 'The Kingdom', with it's wide freeways and equally wide Hummers and Cartier encrushed Bentleys. Cars that cut through the desert, where amazingly opulent mosques rise up and form a very unique landscape. A landscape that pulses with the heat for 24 hours a day, rising into the 50's in July, and in the mid 40's today. Even at 21.00 the heat outside is "like being in an oven". A phrase I have heard ...

First Camp Out!

A travel blog entry by poram

Finally, a stay overnight in the desert. I was concerned it may be very uncomfortable sleeping because the day had been so hot, but it turned out to be a perfect evening. The sky was clear full of stars and there was a gentle warm, but not hot breeze.

My biggest ambition was to hike at dawn. I had no problem waking up early. Waking my camp buddies was more of a problem. We got under way soon ...

Camel Souk

A travel blog entry by poram

After my first camp out, we stopped at the major camel souk (camel market) of Riyadh.

It's pretty rustic. A lot of crude pens, kind of cobbled together with streets (dirt roads) that meander throughout it.

We had come on a Friday, which is the slowest day of the week because it is like the Sundays in the west, so there wasn't much going on. I didn't take as many pictures as I should have, so I'll have to return for a more complete ...