On the Harrat

The Road and Mada'in Salih

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March 14th 2013
Breezed through immigration for a change - of course my luggage did not make it. Here they restrict the sale of cigarettes and gas is 0.47 Rial/liter or 0.617 for premium - almost free. And 650 channels in the Medina hotel + nothing on. The highlight was a visit to Mada'in Salih. ... read more

Middle East » Saudi Arabia » Yanbu

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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