AL GHAT - The other side of Saudi Arabia

Middle East » Saudi Arabia
February 9th 2010

Published: February 20th 2010

Two weeks ago my husband announced that on that upcoming weekend we were invited to one of his student's farms. We would be staying over night, along with a few other teachers and the student. I got excited at the prospect of leaving Riyadh and seing another place in Saudi Arabia. The weekend came soon enough and Andy and I loaded our backpacks into the newly purchased "Galloper" 4WD which the Jo... Read Full Entry

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Andrew, Alexia & Agonda Dutton

ATBD

ATD, ABD and AFD are currently living in Manila, Philippines. We have so far lived in Riyadh, Osaka, Hanoi, Bucharest and Manila. Our joint journeys begun when we met each other on an early Sunday morning in Adelaide where ATD was living at the time and ABD was travelling through. It was one of those "shoes at first sight" love things that ended up in us getting married in India on January 2009. In 2001 2 became 3 with the arrival of our little ray of sun, our son-shine Agonda. ... full info

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21st February 2010

bek brown
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LOVED reading all about your saudi adventures!!! and Alexia your photos are amazing! really! esp. love the one outside the ancestoral home and the 3 layers. Keep 'em coming! xox

21st February 2010

ATBD
Andrew, Alexia & Agonda Dutton

Thanks so much. Who is this message from? xx

15th June 2010

comment
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he is not royal higness
your host is from alsudiry family , they have relations with royal family but they are not a royal family

22nd June 2010

ATBD
Andrew, Alexia & Agonda Dutton

what can I say, we don't know the Al Saud family tree inside and out. I mean there are 30.000 royals as far as we were told and also we were told that this dude is a prince so who the heck am I to doubt it? If he wants to be a prince, fine by me. Could not care less either way. The whole social structure is not to my particular liking anyway.

3rd November 2010

dana
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wow
how I wish I've been there too, my husband is working in a farm in Al ghat, ...I thought it was like a lifeless place but, I was amazed by the sunset and and dunes... its amazing and beautiful.... See you there dad...

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