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Allahtellya1
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 Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2016 5:28 am Post subject: Jeddah |
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| I have lived in Jubail, Khobar, Riyadh and Jeddah and my favorite was Jeddah. It had a more international feel, is more humid which I like and the beaches along the red sea are beautiful! |
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Kaptin TopBobbit'aWoo
Joined: 09 Jan 2016
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Location: Middil'urrrff
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| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2016 6:55 am Post subject: VhisssshtaWoo |
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What's Ta'if liiiiiike?
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Hatcher
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| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2016 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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Lots of monkeys and a couple of Al Baiks.
On weekends, take the bus to Jeddah |
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scot47
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| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2016 12:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Avoid Riyadh and all the towns in the Nejd. |
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murray1978
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| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2016 1:22 pm Post subject: |
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| What is Dammam like? I have heard good things about it. |
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Hatcher
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| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2016 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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The east coast is much better than the west coast as you can go to other countries on weekends.
Bahrain and AD and even Doha are nice to visit. |
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MixtecaMike
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| Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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| murray1978 wrote: |
| What is Dammam like? I have heard good things about it. |
Me too, but only from students who lived there. To me it was a horrible dusty place with aggressive drivers blasting their horns as I drove along slowly looking for the escape route. |
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bigdurianthesecond
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| Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="MixtecaMike"]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)[/quote]
I liked it, clean streets, good pavements, a nice seafront, orderly driving, proximity to Bahrain. What more do you need! |
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bigdurianthesecond
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| Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| scot47 wrote: |
| Avoid Riyadh and all the towns in the Nejd. |
Great social life in Riyadh, and a good expat scene |
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bigdurianthesecond
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| Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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| MixtecaMike wrote: |
| murray1978 wrote: |
| What is Dammam like? I have heard good things about it. |
Me too, but only from students who lived there. To me it was a horrible dusty place with aggressive drivers blasting their horns as I drove along slowly looking for the escape route. |
Can only presume you never drove in Riyadh, if you found driving in Dammam problematic! |
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MixtecaMike
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| Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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| bigdurianthesecond wrote: |
Can only presume you never drove in Riyadh, if you found driving in Dammam problematic! |
Only twice, and I planned my route into the DQ, from there directly to the hotel, and back out of the city in advance. |
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In the heat of the moment
Joined: 22 May 2015
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| Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 8:47 am Post subject: |
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| MixtecaMike wrote: |
| bigdurianthesecond wrote: |
Can only presume you never drove in Riyadh, if you found driving in Dammam problematic! |
Only twice, and I planned my route into the DQ, from there directly to the hotel, and back out of the city in advance. |
I'd say driving in Riyadh in frenetic, driving around the coastal areas is unsympathetic, and driving in rural towns is hectic.[/code] |
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paul.conlong
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| Has anyone experienced the city Ha'il? If so what's it like? any major supermarkets etc near-by etc. |
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scot47
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Ha'il is not bad. Bigger than I imagined. When I visited there was one shopping mall and a couple of supermarkets. Dry and dusty.
Territory of the Al-Rasheeds, traditional enemies of the Al-Sauds |
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scot47
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Ha'il is not bad. Bigger than I imagined. When I visited there was one shopping mall and a couple of supermarkets. Dry and dusty.
Territory of the Al-Rasheeds, traditional enemies of the Al-Sauds |
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