Some Saudi Stuff

My last trip to Bahrain, possibly for a very long time, was disappointing in that I had a beautiful suite and a large tub, but no hot water the whole weekend.  If I had not arrived at midnight, and if I had not returned from shopping at 10:00 pm, I would have made them fix the problem.  I was just too exhausted and disappointed to complain.  Oh well, I won't like be back for a while.

I have not spent much time actively exploring the sights of Saudi.  I have to admit, I was not really that interested in the culture, and I was more interested in the pay, but I have seen some amazing things here.  First and foremost is the architecture.  I am NOT a fan of modern anything, but some of their buildings are pretty amazing!

The pictures may seem hazy, but that is the dust from the sand in the air.  In addition to the architecture, there is also the cultural stuff that I was able to experience this week at school and last week at a food truck rally.  The food truck rally was in a park behind the above building, which I always thought was neat looking, but turned out to be the library!  I had "mexican", small letter on purpose as the food was not really Mexican, and it was passable at best.

This week we had cultural presentations in our classes.  The classrooms are named after various regions in Saudi, so each class was supposed to talk about their region.  It was loud, it was colorful, I ate WAYYYYY too much food, but when your students tells you they made it, or that their mother made it, how could I say no?

This is a typical seating area for a Saudi living room or for use in a tent when camping.  They LOVE camping in the desert.

I good time was had by all, and needless to say, very little "teaching" was achieved that day.