jambalaya – Member
TMH my mate hid under the stairs of his condo whilst terrorists blew up the compound security fence and generally shot the place up. Grank Gardener was shot in the spine. I’ve been a lot for business including to Jeddah but its a country you go nowhere other than office/hotel and you take a hotel car & driver so you are never haning around street waiting for a taxi.
I’ve done week long trips to Jubail (about an hour from Dammam) a couple of times a year for the last 5-10 years.
People can be a mixed bunch, a bit like here. The majority are friendly and very welcoming.
Immigration has been a ballache at times, but it was much quicker in January on the way in and on the way out.
I have never had any problems in Saudi, we go shopping in the local mall and I go out running most afternoons. Having said that, we seem to be the only people who walk more than 20 metres, everyone else drives!
Everyone has missed the key reason to consider not going, they are abysmal drivers, 160kmh three feet off the car in front, 5 cars in three lanes. Every trip to and from the airport there is at least one bad smash, generally three cars plus.
Oh yeah and beef bacon **** that!
Matt