Last few weeks ago was such a great experience for me. I got to have a furlough of 10 days after 8 months of working incessantly and I owe it from the Eid vacation here in Riyadh. Since I don’t want to consume my vacation just staying in the villa Peggy, Marlon and I have decided to go to Al Khobar to visit Peggy’s long time friend (wAX) and meet my brother as well in Dammam. After going with ice in the Airport for his exit, we packed our things and travelled early morning to Khobar with some of Peggy’s acquaintances (Ian and Fe) by cab and we took the long journey going khobar for approximately 4 hours. Honestly, I am thrilled because it’s my first time to get out of Riyadh though still in Saudi. When I got there, I was amazed with the place. I felt like I was in a different country. The atmosphere, the surroundings, the environment, the people had an astonishing impact on me. I don’t know for those who visited khobar first time if they had the same feeling like me care koh. From there we were picked up by Wax with his friend and stayed in his humble abode for couple of days. My first few days in Khobar, I noticed that it’s quite different than Riyadh. Khobar is a bit lenient and people could interact with foreign people as freely as they want to. I couldn’t really explicate how I felt those days in Khobar, as far as I know I LOVE THE PLACE, and I’m overwhelming with joy.
There is so much to explore in Khobar, and since were there, we took the opportunity to visit some of its attractive places. We went to Corniche, its like Roxas Boulevard, had coffee in the Starbucks, and plunge ourselves into the clear water of Half Moon beach, got to visit a well known place in Khobar, Ramaniah Mall- a counterpart of Batha or Electronic Center, Rasheed Mall and the most interesting one, we drove along the King Fahad Causeway the longest bridge in SA a bridge connecting Khobar and the island of Bahrain. It’s a long bridge sa gitna ng dagat. Got to meet different people and faces, have new circle of friends and most importantly we had the chance to know each other well and become better friends.
Let me take this opportunity to thank wax for being hospitable during our stay in his accommodation, for being our tourist guide and for his very supportive friend who took us in different places with his car and without peggy we wont be able to get there. Thanks
