Saudi Arabia Travel Blogs

I put some information here that I took from the book of "Tell Me About Hajj" published by Goodword Books in 2002.   THE PLACES: Arafat. Plain about 12 miles/19 kilometers east of Makkah. It is a major focal point for Hajj. On 9th Dhul Hijjah all pilgrims must present themselves here for th…

Labaikallah hum malakbaik, labaikalla shari kalab kalabbaik, Arrived at Jeddah airport at 11 pm and I was tired flying up and down from Manchester to London to Riyard to Jeddah in 12 hours. Straight to immigration and after clearance, toilet was my first stop to change to the state of Ihram. I kno…

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In Madina, we were blessed with lovely weather but even for me it was a bit hot and i had a slight fever, maybe because of the heat, and then running into the air conditoned hotel and getting a shower...silly of me. The mosque was manned by security personnel who were strict - I found it sad …

My family lives on the largest compound in the country: 11,000 people.  It’s really self-contained; we have a bowling alley, a movie theater, a golf course, two accredited schools, grocery stores…our own little city.  Think Scottsdale, AZ without the stripmalls.   We spent the …

Al Ula is situated northwest of Arabian Peninsular about 380 km North of Medina. It used to be an important trade centre for the old caravan route. From here trader’s route branched into 2, the first led to Babylon passing through Taima and the second route led to Petra and Syria. Al Ula was unde…

Mada'in Saleh: Before we plan our trip to Mada'in Saleh, my brother told me that we need a permission from the government to visit the site. I thought it is a complicated procedure BUT it wasn't; simply he faxed a copy of our ID to the hotel along with the rooms reservation request; done deal!!! T…

Zakaria, (ztamimi) had a birthday on July 29th and I looked at his profile photo and thought, I could give him a gift by changing his shot. I downloaded the shot and did a little lighting and color changes and I hope he is happy with the outcome.  Happy Birthday!!   If this is a photo …

30 Nov. 2007 (source: travelime.com) The biggest fountain in the world stands in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). The height of jets of this unique construction named after King Fahd is 312 meters. Two high-powered pumps throw 625 liters per second at the speed of 375 kilometers per hour at a immense al…

Journey (Gudny) took a trip out of her home country of Norway and visited an area of the world she wasn’t really experienced about.  You could tell from her pictures and the little things she said about them that she was enjoying herself and learning all about this new world to her.  In…

The Harrat al-Qishb is one of several volcanic fields on the Arabian Peninsula. It has some relatively young lava flows and, which is most fascinating, a huge explosion crater called "Al Wahbah", which is about 500 m deep and 2 km in diameter.  It is located in the desert about 100 km nor…

This is where I work and live nowadays. Some pictures to show the beauty of Nature.

2005 and the past

this is a collction of underwater trip

Leaving Bahrain heading to the boarder of Saudi on the bridge. My daughter and I had to go with my dad into the customs where my dad had to speak to the guy behind the counter. He had to explain that we were family and were just visiting for a short period of time. One should think it was fair…