Somehow I lost Friday in my travels. Thursday afternoon we flew from Houston to Frankfurt, Germany. We then had to wait several hours for our flight from Frankfurt to Kuwait and then it was a brief flight from Kuwait to Saudi Arabia. Once in Saudi Arabia we had to pass through customs and immigration. It is at this point that your passport is examined very closely, you have to complete an entry card, and you are fingerprinted and photographed. The Saudi government is not messing around when it comes to illegal drugs. Look at the warning at the top of the entry card.
After 2 hours in the airport, we got on a bus to the Aramco compound in Dharhan, about 45 minutes away. My room is nice, especially after 20 hours of travel. It also has a feature that all hotels have in Saudi Arabia, that is an arrow that points to Mecca so that Muslims know which direction to face while performing their daily prayers. This one is on the ceiling of my room and I also found a prayer rug in the drawer. Food was also left for me in the refrigerator. The Saudis seem to be very thoughtful hosts. More adventures on Satuday after I get some sleep.
After 2 hours in the airport, we got on a bus to the Aramco compound in Dharhan, about 45 minutes away. My room is nice, especially after 20 hours of travel. It also has a feature that all hotels have in Saudi Arabia, that is an arrow that points to Mecca so that Muslims know which direction to face while performing their daily prayers. This one is on the ceiling of my room and I also found a prayer rug in the drawer. Food was also left for me in the refrigerator. The Saudis seem to be very thoughtful hosts. More adventures on Satuday after I get some sleep.
3 comments:
You are going to be able to add quite a number of "countries visited" to your list. Are you going to use the prayer rug and pray toward Mecca just once to say you did it? It's raining here in Michigan on Sunday morning. We miss you! This comment is from Anne
they really do take illegal drugs seriously!!!
It's a good thing u got there safe!
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