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Dental Care in Riyadh by Alliecat

Okay.. been here since summer and it's time for a cleaning and checkup. My hospitalization doesn't cover dental so it's up to mebut it rather scares me here. Where do all of you go .. who do you recommend? ONLY Riyadh, please.

Road Accident between A Jeep & A Passenger Bus by mirzayasir4

I travel daily from home to office via mini Passenger Bus. The distance is about 15 km from home and it takes about 45 minutes to my trip. Today (24th July 2011) while coming to office I have seen a road accidents that happened between a mini ...

Curious About Saudi (Religious) Law? by beezer

Well as I was reading the BBC today, they had this entry about this popular Islamic website being shut down today, but staying open in the English language. It has entries submitted by people with questions about the religion and things that are ...

Step son visa by PJH73

I am just about to accept a job in Jeddah and therefore start the visa process. I have a 5 year old step-son (as well as 3 children with my wife). Does anyone have any advice on how best to navigate the process?? Has anyone any learnings they can ...

Trouble making phone calls by schulz

Ok its my 4th day in Riyadh I got a mobile phone yesterday with mobily. I keep trying to call 7 digit phone numbers and it wont work. I tried adding 9661, then the 7 digit number but this does not work either. What do I need dial to call local ...

Security Notice - Riyadh - 11th and 20th March - FYA by gowiththeflowUK

Only a couple of the Embassies are issuing at the moment, not sure why all of them arn't? Anyway, thought you all needed to be informed of the latest update, we fly back to Riyadh on the 11th, so will be interesting to fly into this :unsure Be ...

Visa Type Help! by ezzix

Hello all, I've been in jeddah for the past 4months on a visit visa, now my employer wanna get me a working visa. he will issue it as 3amel sha7en..can any1 tell me what advantages and disadvantages this kind of visa have? (i do have a university ...

suggestions please by Miss Saudi Arabia

hi... anybody knows which coffee shop in jeddah has partitions? i'll be having coffee with somebody and we want to have our privacy... and idea? thanks so much! :-)

Heeeeeelllppp!! I need to move to a compound! by arslanh

Hi I have been living in Riyad in rented accomodation for the last 6 months...am now v v bored and need some social interaction...the wife more so!!! I am from London and work in Fin Services . I am looking to move to any sort of compound ...

New in KSA by radmou78

Good evening Everybody, I just moved to KSA. I like it pretty much, i loooove desert. I've just found that place to play bowling, if you're interrested just let me know. Am also a photograph-beginner and am looking for new landscapes to catch. If ...

Sunscreen by Dubliner1967

Hi, I will arriving in Riyadh in a few weeks. I will be working as an architect on site so a lot of the time ill be outdoors. Im white as a ghost :) and burn very easily so any advise on the best sunscreen to use over there. Ive heard of some ...

School closing early ...hooray!! by Guest8748

Schools are closing early due to rain so I get to go home early! Don't you just love Saudi weather? :top:

INVITES FOR LOCALS by Julien

One week ago, we took the temporary decision to go back to the basics. Tough decision :/ We then discussed about a few new set of rules. In order to reintegrate our local members little by little, I am thinking about an invitation rule: our active ...

Malls in Riyadh by uglybetty

Hi, Can anyone recommend a mall in riyadh with many western shops such as debenhams etc but also one that has a supermarket for food shopping? Thank you.