@bertonneau

A lot of work to get there the island was very disappointing to me. It wasn't worth the effort to get there. Old dirty and just not much to see. Go to Oman wallah or somewhere in the Emirates, not Ramadan, in my not so humble opinion. Read More

Andy, If you're American you'll understand this. Jizan is like going to Tijuana from San Diego. It's sort of half Yemeni by nature. No compounds Ive ever heard of no schools I'd ever send my kids to. Its definitely not Khobar or ... Read More

fly dubai is basically a non profit airline wheras Saudi Airlines which is far dirtier has to attempt to make a profit despite their horrible stndards Read More

Abha is safe it's like 200 miles from the border. Any missles shot toward it are shot out of the air by a patriot missle defense system that is along the border before they get close. If you were living in Jizan or along the border regions which ... Read More

First, wander around a bit, but no it ain't Dubai and yes compared to most places in the world this country as a whole is damn boring and Ive been around it a bit. Take up reading, writing a novel, go to grad school. It's not party central ... Read More

NITI is a fancy building that seems to be a babysitting institution. If you're unfamiliar with this kind of situation you may be there a month have had enough and spend any money you made on your plane ticket home. You should request to speak ... Read More

Look man I work for the military here and it's the same with Saudi military cadets and they cant do anything. This entire country including every TVTC University etc. is basically like this. It's why this country regardless of whatever ... Read More

In retrospect, no I would not come here again. I am a hypocrite in that I am on my third and definitely final tour/job of Saudi. I can say having traveled through different parts of it, mountains deserts beaches and andplains that no it isn't an ... Read More

I will say that my entire year driving in Jizan, I was never pulled over at any check point. However,bI saw many, many Saudis usually young kids that looked like the type that would be bringing drugs into the country being pulled over and sometimes ... Read More

Kenjee, If this nation chose to gets it's stuff together. It could make millions if not billions from the reuse of simply it's own trash in making new products. Unfortunately, it doesn't value this world and primarily the next or so it ... Read More

Dammam is disorganized and dirty and the industrial city for Khobar which is the business executive and mostly expat place to live. Yes, Dammam is a little cheaper but it's a crowded dump. Roads go all over the place as opposed to Khobar which ... Read More

Jubail is an environmentally toxic and polluted pit of a place to live. Read More

BS Put it tucked in your underplane baggage and paly innocent and you should be fine. Just say it's tobacco if somehow they check it which I doubt. Tobacco is legal in KSA so you should be good. Read More

Haram is the Saudi term for prohibited. A bottle of whatever juice you like and a packet of yeast with a loose juice cap or small hole in the top of the bottle and a week or two of fermentation time helps kill time on the weekends while watching ... Read More

Lots of time spent on the internet. Getting together with other expats and making homegrown fun. For those who drink, a packet of yeast in a large bottle of juice and one-two weeks of fermentation time. Movie nights. For those with compound access ... Read More