Khobar and American Consulate in Dhahran

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May 28th 2009

Published: May 28th 2009

Today was an eventful day, but not everything comes out as planned… The day started with a $2.00 breakfast consisting of a Spanish omelet (no tomatoes), toast, and coffee. This is a weekend tradition with me, unless of course I have the famous Dining Hall waffles or perhaps the pancakes. Well, the coffee is a tradition. After breakfast, I caught the 9:00 am bus to Al-Khobar with “no photos ... Read Full Entry

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I traveled to Saudi Arabia in February, April, May, and October 2009 and in February and April 2010. I have now returned in 2012. This blog was written as a journal of my experiences and as a way of keeping in touch with family and friends. Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and for your interest. I welcome your comments, even if you don’t know me. As salam alaykum - Peace be upon you. Scroll down on this page to see my blog entries. Click the link below to see the entire blog entry (with a larger font). To see photos that are large... full info

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A horse with an abyah?

A horse of a different color

Mr. Ed?

Proof

I went to the Consulate and all I got was this shirt.

The cab receipt

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Tom

Tom invited us to the Consulate. I've blurred out his identity.

28th May 2009

eve
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Bummer!
OK, so maybe "bummer" is a little dramatic, but I was totally expecting it to be like James Bond and tuxes, etc., etc. You actually had to PAY for your hors d'ouerves (I use that term loosely)?! What was the purpose of this party again? The shirt is pretty cool tho! Think I missed the hobby farm part....did you get to ride the horses? Great belt making tutorial--how DOES he sit like that....

29th May 2009

TedTravel
Ted

Consulates and Hobby Farms
Consulate: Yes, kind of a let down. The purpose of the party? It's a monthly thing. It's the only place in Saudi where you can serve booze legally, so that's the main attraction. However, I don't drink very much even when it's legal (although a beer was pretty nice in 100 degree weather, I have to admit). The chips were free. Oh boy. Hobby Farm: I sort of missed talking about that. It was late when I wrote this blog, what can I say. The Hobby Farm is an Aramco club where you can own/ride horses. For us, it's a place to eat that's different than the Dining Hall. Unfortunately, we went to lunch at 12:55 and the doors to the dining place were locked, even though it's supposed to be open until 1 pm. Oh well.

29th May 2009

ellen
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Security
Ted: Best blog ever...loved your experience at the "conslate" and all the security...wow! You know what this means...new blog when you got to Maine! e

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