Wahhabalinese Adventures: Jeddah
Jeddah's King Abdulaziz International Airport has a bad rep, and on landing I could see why. We were bused into the terminal and let loose in the baggage claim area, which is split in two and entirely...
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View ArticleBeer, Bacon and Bargirls: A Multimodal Escape to Bahrain
One sunny day I found myself in Riyadh with a weekend to spare, and as luck would have it, fellow Wikitraveller and Flyertalker Trsqr was in exactly the same predicament. It was school holiday season...
View ArticleBeer, Bacon and Bargirls: Train 9, First Class, Riyadh-Dammam
As a bit of a train buff, I tried my best to google up some info -- any info -- about the services of the Saudi Railways Organization before our trip, but virtually none was forthcoming, and eventually...
View ArticleBeer, Bacon and Bargirls: Saudi-Bahraini Transport Company, Khobar to Manama
Up at 10 AM the next morning, we demolished the complimentary fruit basket in lieu of breakfast and had the hotel drop us off at the SABTCO station. We were in luck: there are only six buses a day, but...
View ArticleBeer, Bacon and Bargirls: Manama, Bahrain
Manama reminds me of Abu Dhabi: they're both smallish and filthy rich cities on the Gulf, relatively liberal by Gulf standards, have city centers dating to the 1970s but with huge amounts of...
View ArticleBeer, Bacon and Bargirls: SAPTCO bus to King Fahd International Airport, Dammam
Public transport in Saudi Arabia is about as developed as you'd expect in a country where oil costs $0.10 a litre, so it was with no small astonishment that I spied the sign for an airport shuttle...
View ArticleHotel review: Al Muthana (Almuthana), Riyadh
For some odd reason, all the "branded" hotels in Riyadh were full last week, so I decided to try out a place I'd had my eye on for a while, namely Al Muthana (or Almuthana, as they like to spell it)....
View ArticleReviews of a Gourmet Snob: Jaan, Equinox
A friend of mine recently came into possession of a stack of CapitaLand vouchers, and while looking for a place to dispose of them, we realized that the entire Equinox complex perched atop the...
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