We saw a number of free roaming camels during the week (October 13-16). Some were wild, some were branded, some were being run by a...

At night the Sahary Resort would light up the cliff side and it looked really pretty

It's Friday, October 15, and Friday is a non-working day in Saudi Arabia. It was a surprise that the area around Elephant Rock was...

In the late 19 century, Sultan Abdulhamid II ordered the construction of a railway from Damascus to Makkah (Mecca). This was known as the...

My favorite part of Al Ula was the petroglyphs telling stories of those that have gone before. Some are ancient and some are very recent:)

On October 14th we went site seeing and walked through Al Ula's history. After a really tasty breakfast, we started with Hegra (Mada'in...

On Wednesday (October 13) we went to Kingdom Tower to see the view and also have high tea at The Four Seasons. The viewing platform at...

Landing in AlUla the weather was a "cool" 38 degrees, but the breeze felt nice. We were met by our driver and driven to the Sahary...

May 12 and I decided to try to get a facial at one of the hotels or the place suggested by the hotel. There was no availability, so I...

Spent the day in bed resting. Am exhausted. Did not do anything remotely Arabic until we went out to the U Walk for dinner. We went to...

Had a laid back first day in Riyadh. I'm still getting over the 8 hours of jet lag coming back from the US on October 3 and am now...

Had a wonderful flight coming into Riyadh from London and braced ourselves for a less than satisfying experience at customs. Was amazed...

Of the two trails, I like this one better. You are much higher and the air temperature is cooler. Some of the drops affect one's...

We hiked the lower Jamal Jais trail twice - once on 1/24 and the other on.... It's a nice trail because its a gradual uphill and steep...

We went hiking several times while in RAK and really enjoyed the Upper and Lower trails at Jamal Jais. Along the way we saw sand dunes,...

Besides hiking and swimming, there wasn't a lot to do in RAK. We went to the local Al Hamra Mall and had arabic coffee (Saudi) and, not...

When we realized that we would be in UAE longer than anticipated (7 weeks instead of 3), we decided to move to an AirBnB. We found what...

I hadn't really planned to spend much time in the UAE before coming back to the UK - only about 20 days. 20 days turned into 7 weeks,...

What started out to be a few days before returning to the UK has now stretched to 7 weeks. We started out in Dubai at the Doubletree...