pictures : 2003-July Saudi Arabia |
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![]() 003 0A Mohammad is digging in his pockets to pay for a four-wheeler ride. |
![]() 004 1A Mohammad quading. |
![]() 006 3A View from the four wheeler. |
![]() 007 4A More view from the four wheeler. |
![]() 011 8A Some friends took me to this authentic Saudi restaurant... |
![]() 012 9A Outside the restaurant. The camel skin bag slowly evaporates the water within, keeping it impressively chilled. |
![]() 013 10A The waiter in the first room, serving us coffee. |
![]() 014 11A In the coffee room. An impressive array of coffee making tools. |
![]() 015 12A My friends sitting in the coffee room. From left to right: Dr. Abdul Aziz, Abdulrahman, and Tarik. |
![]() 016 13A Abdulrahman demonstrating a manual coffee grinder. |
![]() 017 14A Tarik and I digesting after a large feast of authentic Saudi food. Mum talz\! |
![]() 018 15A An island room in the restaurant, surrounded by a moat of water. |
![]() 019 16A All four of us, leaving the restaurant. I felt honored to spend the evening with these fine people. |
![]() 020 17A I'm climbing aboard a camel on aziziya beach. |
![]() 021 18A The camel appears none too happy about this. |
![]() 022 19A Evidently headed towards Bahrain, accross the water. |
![]() 023 20A We seem to be a little lost. |
![]() 024 21A Heading back to dry land. |
![]() 025 22A Okay, that was fun. |
![]() 026 23A The guy has decided that the farther he takes me, the more he can then charge me. |
![]() 027 24A It's a rough ride, especially when the camel runs. I can hardly imagine riding a camel miles across a desert. |
![]() 028 25A I think I enjoyed it more than the camel. |
![]() 029 26A The camel is complaining as he's told to sit. I'm hanging on for dear life. |
![]() 030 27A End of the road. The camel is still complaining, and I'm less than confident that he likes me. |
![]() 032 29A Mahamad and Abdul Hadi. We're talking Mohamad into riding a four wheeler. |
![]() 033 30A Mohamad isn't sure if a four wheeler can be trusted. |
![]() 034 31A Mohamad's first four wheeler. |
![]() 035 32A Testing... |
![]() 036 33A Hey, this is pretty fun after all\!\! |
![]() 037 34A A group of four wheelers on top of a sand dune at dusk. |
![]() 038 35A A sand dune in the distance. |
![]() 103 1 Night setting on the desert. |
![]() 104 2 Looking toward the road we drove in on. |
![]() 105 3 Looking out into the desert. Where's my camel friend when I need him\? |
![]() 107 5 That's me, standing in the desert. |
![]() 108 6 Saying goodbye to our Sudanese friends. |