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 by Cielo_Algaeed
It is not a common sight here for Arab ladies to see men being with soemeone or married to someone who is not a Saudi or an Arab...it seems like a big puzzle for them that needs to be solve hehehehe...
So, expect that when you go to the malls or dine- those almond eyes ladies will all be starring at you.
Dont fret..they dont mean any harm :-)
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Dont be surprised if a driver both local and foreign swerve from the outer left side of the street to the extreme right of the street or vice versa when making a right/left turn. A very dangerous move that causes panic and car accidents. Unfortunately, its a common practice here in Riyadh.
So, as per my hubby, if you drive in Riyadh...BE A DEFENSIVE DRIVER!
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 desert by toni28
A friend of ours told this story it was happened in summer season.. there was a Filipino engineer in Riyadh found dead in his car, gas empty, no cell phones, no water and he stranded on the desert, according to the autopsy the cause of his death was dehydration or heat stroke.
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 by toni28
For the ladies dont you ever ever try not to wear your abaya when you are in public this could be a rule of tradional way of the country.
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Reduce your car speed when you are driving on the desert highway especially when its far from civilization.
One time during on our desert trip,my husband were enjoying driving our car with 100kph he didn’t noticed the humps on the road, our car's transmission was damaged and we stranded 3 hrs on the highway. It was lesson to us very scary and very expensive to fix the broken parts of your car. :-(
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 by toni28
We heard this news from our friends that there were a filipina nurses were being kidnapped by anonymous gang while they were walking along on the dark place, they were from shopping they were not killed, but the big question still there if what they did to them.
This crime is rarely happened in riyadh and its happening too in some other countries, there is nothing wrong if we do keep an extra care to avoid this and it wont be happened to us.
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 camel caused of traffic on the
desert by toni28
According to our friends when you hit a camel you will pay fine which the cost of one camel is about 5 thousand to 70 thousand riyals depends of its age and color. Though I didn’t believe that camel is so expensive I browsed the net and I found a camel sale web site which is true , now I believed… Yes!! It’s too expensive, so beware to hit a camel!!
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Saudi Arabia has a religious police. You should be extremely careful not to get in a situation where you would confront them. If you are stopped by a religious policeman, just do what he says if it is reasonable. For instance, avoid being outside during prayer time, do not eat nor smoke in public during Ramadan in daytime and avoid displaying jewellery. Leave a Comment
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Saudis are quite serious about banning alcohol of all kinds.
Like many Arabian Gulf states, alcohol drinks are not allowed in Saudi Arabia. I recommend that you don't bring any of that with you while traveling to Kingdom, and avoid having it with you in public if you anyway have it from black market within the Kingdom.
From what I heard, the black market is full of bad quality alcohol drinks and that may cause some danger to your health. so please watch what you carry with you, and be careful if you really want to have it from black market.
alcohol is available in most western embassies receptions and parties, that is not a secret, and seems there are large trading for it outside the emabssies.
Actually alcohol is hugely consumed in these embassies parties as people who attend it take the chance to drink as much as they can. That is weird I know. Leave a Comment
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 by Cielo_Algaeed
The trails are very steep with very sharp stones. Step on a stable rock to prevent you from slipping or falling.
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