http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Saudi-Arabia/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Middle East , Saudi Arabia en-us Mon, 16 Nov 09 23:50:55 +0000 Mon, 16 Nov 09 23:50:55 +0000 I am a Filipino with technical background from my earned Vocational Degree and experience with the following Settingup Computers and Laptop Configuration of Drivers and Peripherals Installation of Operating System and Basic Programs Designing Publishing and Maintaining Websites and Webpages Networking configuration except Administration Troubleshooting Desktop Hardware except http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Saudi-Arabia/Riyadh/blog-449834.html Ease your discomforts and body pain thru detoxifying Massage Therapy by a Filipino married male with a Baccalaureate degree of Medical Technology with whom i previously shifted from Physical Therapy course where i enhanced my massage skills.The session will cover for no less than 1 hour and no more than an hour and a half in combined Swedish strokes Shiatsu Basic Reflexology Stretching and Facia http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Saudi-Arabia/Riyadh/blog-449831.html at abu booby airport mooching their free internet flight was good all is well xxx http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Saudi-Arabia/Abqaiq/blog-449810.html I'm leavin' on a jet plane. Don't know when I'll be back again. Oh babe I hate to go... But my bags are packed so I'm ready to go...Yes tomorrow is my last day in the kingdom and I'm not sure if I will be returning now that they have a permanent replacement for what I've been doing. However I've learned that everything is unpredictable especially here so you never know.On past trips I've http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Saudi-Arabia/Dhahran/blog-446688.html One of the fun things about this work assignment is that I work with consultants from all over the world. This leads to a lot of cultural discussions. Apparently there is a tradition in Sweden of making something called in English Pancake Cake. Bjorn has given lessons to Pat and Wolf for making this dessert.What the Swedes call pancakes Americans and the French would call crepes. They are http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Saudi-Arabia/Dhahran/blog-446134.html 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 tha http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Saudi-Arabia/Dammam/Hofuf/blog-445207.html Both of these photos were taken within the last 24 hours. One was taken in Minnesota and the other was taken on my way to work this morning in Saudi Arabia. Can you tell which photo goes to which place OK that might not have been the hardest quiz question. While it's been snowing and below freezing in Minnesota it's been 100 degrees F. 38 C. here in Dhahran. I think I left at the right ti http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Saudi-Arabia/Dhahran/blog-444700.html I'm back in Saudi Arabia for trip 4 to Saudi Arabia and Aramco. However this time I'm only scheduled to be here for about two weeks including travel and my plane ticket is scheduled to leave Saudi on October 21 to arrive back home on October 22. The reason I'm scheduled for a shorter amount of time is that my primary mission this time is to train a couple of new internal employees to do th http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Saudi-Arabia/Dhahran/blog-444116.html A few lads in the desert driving 4x4's like they were stolen. http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Saudi-Arabia/Jeddah/blog-430449.html First few trips to see the campus. http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Saudi-Arabia/Jeddah/blog-430445.html The air steward walked doen the Isle handing out Immigration cards in large bold print beside a skull it reads Death to Drug Traffickers. We stepped into the terminal building where hundreds of toweled pilgrims were waiting. They had arrived to visit the holy city of Mecca and perform Umrah. Air France looses my bag for two days..... great start http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Saudi-Arabia/Jeddah/blog-429674.html Well I thought I had written my final blog entry for this trip. Irsquom using this loophole the previous entry was last EVENING in Dhahran and this is the last DAY in Dhahran. Think of it as like being an extra on a DVD. However there will be no directorrsquos cut of this blog.The last day of the last assessment session is kind of boring because I usually use the afternoon to do the p http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Saudi-Arabia/Dhahran/blog-405132.html I would like to thank you all for taking this journey with me especially those of you who have slogged your way through three trips worth of blog entries. Itrsquos been a fun journey and Irsquove enjoyed sharing it with you.As in any trip no matter how interesting and fun it is Irsquom looking forward to going home. When the exotic becomes routine and the new experiences grow old itrs http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Saudi-Arabia/Dhahran/blog-404625.html Last night I ate at a place called Heritage Village in Dammam which looks like an Arabian castle. Keep in mind that there aren't tourists in Saudi so this place survives on the locals most were traditionally dressed. Just what makes a building qualify as a ldquovillagerdquo is another Saudi mystery I cannot solve.The building is privately owned which is pretty amazing in itself. It lo http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Saudi-Arabia/Dammam/blog-403997.html Friday was spent at the beach in Ras Tanura RT to those who are in the know. But first it was a trip to the Hobby Farm. I mentioned this in another blog but failed to explain what this is. First off it not just any hobby. For example this is not a farm for stamp collectors coin collectors or even Beanie Baby collectors. Well truth be known itrsquos not even really a farm. Itrsquo http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Saudi-Arabia/Ras-Tanura/blog-403604.html