Category: Travel

  • Car Repair

    Car Repair

    While visiting, our friends had to take their car in for service. We took it to an area in Riyadh of about 5-10 blocks square that is largely auto-repair shops. These shops vary in size…

  • License Plates

    License Plates

    There was more English than I expected, in fact it was rare to not be able to find someone who could not speak the language. Even the license plates are in both English and Arabic.

  • Signs of Civilization

    Signs of Civilization

    A 140km Speed Limit.

  • A Martian Landscape

    A Martian Landscape

    It’s easy to look at the desert and see nothing. Nothing but rock and gravel. It is even possible to imagine that one is standing on the surface of Mars. Yet, if you look closely,…

  • Prayer Area

    Prayer Area

    There is always a place to pray, whether it be in the mosque, home, a restaurant, on the side of the road or in the desert.