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Pakistani Weddings: The Mehndi
This is a continuation of my series of posts on Pakistani weddings. Check out Courtship and Marriage in Pakistan and The Dholki and Mayoon for the first two parts! Ah, the beautiful night of Mehndi. Colors, clothes, rasms, all blend to make this easily...read more -
Weddings in Saudi Arabia
Lets face it. The outside world knows little about the traditions and customs of Saudi Arabia. Even I, as an expat raised in Saudi, knew little about Saudi marriage customs until very recently. And my knowledge of what actually happened at weddings was...read more -
Sunset at the Lava Fields
Volcanic activity is not something new to Saudi Arabia. Because of western Saudi Arabia’s location along two tectonic spreading centers, eruptions and lava flows have been reported in the region throughout history. The last known one, in fact, was...read more -
Photography in Saudi Arabia
So you just got your shiny new camera and want to go about taking some nice pictures. Then you look around and realize you’re in Saudi Arabia. Well the good news is, there’s never been a better time to pick up the hobby. SLRs are getting cheaper...read more -
Hakuna Matata!
A healthy dose of insanity always helps make a life more interesting. That’s pretty much my only explanation for the reason I’ve been absent from the blogosphere for the past week or so. Sometime two weeks ago, my good friend Turki Shoaib...read more
Recent Posts
Mountain Monkeys of Ta’if
Anyone passing through Ta’if to Makkah in Saudi will run into these little critters on the side of the mountain. Staring at cars and waiting for fruit handouts. I get a little close up and personal with the monkeys… well maybe not THAT personal… that’s how Ebola started.. 0_0
read moreThe Wa’ba Crater
One of the truly breathtaking sights in Saudi Arabia, the Wa’ba crater is a massive cleft in the lava plains of central Saudi Arabia. Measuring 2km in width and 500m in deep, camping on the edge of the Wa’ba crater will be one of the most memorable experiences in my life.
read moreThe Ruins of Old Muwaih
Built along the trade route linking Eastern and Western Saudi Arabia, the old city of Muwaih was a vibrant town offering food, shelter and trade to the caravans passing through. With the unification of Saudi Arabia and subsequent building of the interstates, the locals would relocate the town, moving closer to the highway. Leaving the town and its fortresses abandoned.
read morePhoto-Hiking Saudi Arabia
When people think of Saudi Arabia’s landscape, they almost invariably imagine a huge expanse filled homogeneously with sand, camels and… oil. While there are good reasons for the stereotyping, my visit to Western Saudi Arabia’s mountain city of Ta’if and its surrounding valleys and deserts completely changed even my views of the country. Bear in mind, that I have lived in Saudi Arabia nearly my entire life, and never have I experienced Saudi Arabia in this way.
read moreThe Road to Ta’if
The mountain city of Ta’if is one of Saudi Arabia’s most historical cities. Since the 6th century AD, it has been a major hub of agriculture and trade in Saudi Arabia. While modern Ta’if is linked to the rest of Saudi Arabia via concrete and asphalt, remnants of the city’s history remain.
read moreModified Car Expo in AlKhobar
Say whatever you want about Saudis, but they LOVE their cars. Every year, car enthusiasts from Saudi Arabia gather in AlKhobar to show off some of the best automobiles in the country in the Annual Modified Car Exhibit. This year, I managed to get in as one of the photographers…
read moreVirgin Promotion
You would think that spending a day touring the pyramids would be pretty damn near perfect already. One would ask, how could it get any better? Well, for starters, you could spend the rest of the evening hanging around celebrities. And then to top it all off, you could be asked to tour around the country with the celebrities for the rest of the week. That was pretty much my Thursday.
read moreFarewell Faisal BaDughaish
So there I was, on the bridge between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, driving ehhh *just* above the speed limit. Cruise control. And umm.. half naked, trying to put on a pair of jeans while trying to keep in lane. Fun times. You may ask what the hell was going on. Let me explain…
read moreA Lifelong Dream
The story and pictures of my visit to the pyramids in Egypt and how I… well there’s no better way to put this… was harassed by a group of schoolgirls!
read moreNothing Like a Little Flying
Dammam to Cairo is only a 3 hour flight. But include the fact that I don’t plan things out, coupled with Sherif Azab as a traveling companion and we’re in for some insanity!
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