What’s that sign in the distance? Is that really what I think it is?
MONKEY CROSSING!!!
Monkey watching people watching monkey
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What’s that sign in the distance? Is that really what I think it is?
MONKEY CROSSING!!!
Monkey watching people watching monkey
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Raghbah is an old settlement of Saudi Arabia from 1669. Below are pictures of Raghbah Tower (yes we climbed it!) and the old village.
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A few lone flowers survive in the cracked, parched ground.
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Faisaliyah Tower in a dust storm/sandstorm. In case you forgot what it looks like normally, the photo is below for comparison.
Fine dust blows into everything, coming in through every crack- windows, doors, air conditioning vents, exhaust vents. Breathing is labored as it gets into your lungs. Land and air visibility is greatly reduced. People wax poetic about shamals, I tend to cough.
Looking up the various types, remember my last post about driving through a sandstorm with intermittent rain? That is officially called a haboob.
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Driving across the Arab peninsula is quite common and one often sees cars like this.
The front (and all protruding parts) are covered with a greasy layer (sometimes even liquid detergent) to protect the paint against sand when driving at high speeds across long distances.
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