Saudi Arabia Roadside Rest/Prayer Area

I haven't really seen highway rest areas here in Saudi Arabia that look much like the ones I am familiar with in the US.  There aren't many roadside facilities here to begin with, but this is one of the few I have seen.  It's an small open air covered area with a cement floor. People can pray there or take a nap or have a picnic.  In the hotter months, I would imagine I wouldn't want to linger there too long though! It's virtually in the middle of nowhere.  

Our World: Saudi Arabia Desert Roadside Outhouse

Facilities in some places in Saudi Arabia still have some catching up to do with other parts of the world.  This outhouse is located off the freeway north of Jeddah, in the middle of nowhere.  What is visible from the highway is cement block with a barrel.

The highway is behind the outhouse so the open doorway is not visible to passersby

There is no roof, no door, just a hole in the cement floor.  One can get to it either by parking off the freeway and walking about a block into the desert, or by simply driving up to it - although there is no road to it, so a regular vehicle could get stuck in the sand.



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Saudi Arabia Pizza Hut in Arabic

Saudi Entertaining Style

Most of the Saudi homes I have seen are fancy and elegant, far different from the casual and laid back atmospheres of most American homes I've been in.  Saudis present a very formal style of their own, which usually involves a lot of gold leaf decorating touches everywhere.

Jeddah: Unusual Modern Building

Ditto - from yesterday's post.  

SkyWatch: Jeddah Architectural Details

Jeddah has some really interesting modern architecture, like none I've ever seen elsewhere.  I prefer more classic styling that won't look outdated in a few years.


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Jeddah: Abandoned Taxi

There continues to be a huge problem with the streets of Jeddah being occupied with abandoned vehicles that are wrecked or disabled.  Every time it rains in the city of Jeddah, there is severe flooding of the streets and tunnels, which causes another increase in the number of automobiles abandoned in the streets.  This has been a noticeable problem for as long as I have live in Jeddah since 2007. The municipality has attempted to alleviate the problem, without success, because the next time it rains, the problem multiplies yet again.