Lots of dates

Don't these look good? Did you know they grow on palm trees?

October 15th 2009
Today eight of us headed two hours south of Dhahran to a town called Hofuf. It's about an hour south of Abqaiq, which is another Saudi Aramco facility. We rented two large Suburbans and two drivers for the day. It was an amazing experience and yet another "I'm not in Kansas" moment for me. Hofuf used to be the capital of the Eastern Province (the area along the Persian Gulf) until 1953. At ... read more

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In 1902, ABD AL-AZIZ bin Abd al-Rahman Al Saud captured Riyadh and set out on a 30-year campaign to unify the Arabian Peninsula. A son of ABD AL-AZIZ rules the country today, and the country's Basic Law stipulates that the throne shall remain in the ... ... read more

11th June 2011

Ahmed from khubber
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Great blog !!

15th July 2012

naseemkhan
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desert hafuf
hafuf is dry desert,one can find not a single green plant or bush, it is hottest place, i wonder how tourists survive here, anyway winter is proper time of photography in hafuf desert.

lot of dates
i like eating dates, dry or fresh, saudi arabia is dates growing area,dates trees are common here saudi are very hostile, saudi love to share fresh dates with guests and travellers, above photo of dates in the sun look good,naseem khan karachi/pakistan

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