We had a bad schamal blow through over the weekend.  Making visibility very poor and limiting outdoor activity.  It is hard to show you ho...

The 5th Annual Garden & Flower Festival was right in the middle of a horrible schamal!!  These are from the middle of the afternoon.  ...

Sultan Garden Center is a large garden store that sells plants, potters, out door furniture, fountains and more.  It is an impressive stor...

Saudi oil well going up.  (Can you tell it is in the middle of a shamal.  This is taken at 13:30)

There are numerous garden shops but these outside ones by the Al Rashid Mall are fun to visit.  

Here are some random photos of the Ras Tanura camp.  It is significantly smaller than the Dhahran camp but is right on the water.  The bea...

This is a small store in Dammam.  It had everything you might want for baking in one location.  Spices, nuts, candy, baking supplies and m...

This is one of those things that just breaks you heart.  I know that the Saudi Government is working on preserving their history and artif...

Firewood is not something you think of finding here in the middle of a desert.  We drove by a huge market selling it though.  It also look...