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Beast · Joined: 13 Nov 2005 Posts: 120

I would have to go with Jizan. Not a lot of traffic, a few places to go shopping and get what you need. Good Seafood, On the water....... Beaches to go swimming and you can take a free Ferry out to the Farsan Islands. The students were pretty well behaved and interested in learning compared to other cities. I've worked in Jeddah, Taif, Yanbu, Dhahran, Dammam, Khamis Mushayt and Jubail. Nope, Jizan has it.

sicklyman · Joined: 02 Feb 2013 Posts: 930

Auckland

MixtecaMike · Joined: 19 Nov 2003 Posts: 643 Location: Guatebad

Jubail. The only place I worked in, but other spots (in the kingdom) I visited didn't tempt me to leave Jubail. It's green (artificially via irrigation), it has parks and beaches, and it now has decent shopping to spend some of that cash one makes over there.
Outside of KSA, Qatar looked tempting enough to send a resume to a couple of places there, but no takers.
Now I'm enjoying being unemployed among the greenery of Central America.

EFL Educator · Joined: 17 Jul 2013 Posts: 988 Location: Cape Town

Cape Town

plumpy nut · Joined: 12 Mar 2011 Posts: 1652

Auckland, Cape Town? That must mean it's difficult to like any city in Saudi Arabia. However of all the cities I've been to in Saudi Arabia, Al Baha is the best

In the heat of the moment · Joined: 22 May 2015 Posts: 393 Location: Italy

My favourite is Riyadh, the coastal cities are just too damn sweaty in the summer and the smaller cities and towns in the drier zones are too boring. I don't want to have to fly somewhere to buy a nice jar of mustard or decent cheese and I appreciate working in a cosmopolitan city.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Jeddah in winter takes some beating. In summer it is too humid.

gregory999 · Joined: 29 Jul 2015 Posts: 372 Location: 999

Abha with its nice Al-Souda park (2000 m above sea level).

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

...............where the village women go unveiled and the men in the mountains wear flowers in their hair !

gregory999 · Joined: 29 Jul 2015 Posts: 372 Location: 999

currentaffairs · Joined: 22 Aug 2012 Posts: 828

Yanbu isn't bad. On the Red Sea and quite clean and orderly. Najran has a nice climate all year but is something of a war zone at present...

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Yanbu has all the charm that we should expect from a New Town modelled on Milton Keynes. Khobar is much better !

MixtecaMike · Joined: 19 Nov 2003 Posts: 643 Location: Guatebad

Khobar is highly over-rated, and in years to come will pale in comparison with Jubail (unless the low price of oil or daesh gets the RCJ fist)

Hatcher · Joined: 20 Mar 2008 Posts: 602

I could only survive - not live - in two cities, Jeddah and Dammam.

Jeddah has the water and diving.

I still say that Saudi Arabia is for two types- those who can spend time alone or/inside. If you have your wife/husband then it is ok and if on a compound, then it is much better.

And the best part of Saudi is underwater. So if you like the beach and water sports.... then much better.

laughingalltheway · Joined: 29 May 2015 Posts: 18 Location: KSA

Jizan is nice but the climate is miserable.