Having a lot of fresh air everywhere is a very good sign that a place is livable. Many capital cities around the world are too crowded with air, water and noise pollution but Riyadh is different, which represents the rest of the other cities within the kingdom.
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| Kingdom Tower, very nice view from the top. |
The only louder sounds you could hear in Riyadh are the sports cars and expensive motorbikes. No noise pollution at all since liquor bars or clubs' sounds are forbidden in this very wide kingdom. Starbucks and other coffee shops are available anywhere so it's just fine to spend time during the evening. Driving on the wide main road of the city accompanies a relaxing and refreshing sights, trees on the middle. Few hundred meters away from the main business district, you can see trees planted also on the sides of the roads . So it's like driving in a forest with high speed. The city planning was fantastic, the roads are wide and no car coding, all embassies are located in one secured area, warehouses are built on clustered areas also, and many more.
Travelling away from the capital is a good road trip since traffic in most part is not a word to mention at all. The roads are still planned wide that's why police records could atleast have a list of law violations such as overspeeding or beating the red light. Other than road accidents leading to death of some, the rest of the world will know every time that rare crimes occur like the recent shooting of a pregnant woman's husband to a male doctor who assisted on delivery. Well, we can not blame if there were no initial permission on the surrounding circumstances since women are much protected here from the eyes of men.
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| Red Sand, a very wide place to enjoy life in the desert. |
Travelling and adventure is a healthy habit.
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| Half Moon, Al Khobar |
People jogging in the morning or in the evening is a very common thing especially in the seasides of Eastern Province where i live. Who would not want to when the whole jogging areas are green and clean, the sea is clean and the air is fresh with a beautiful sunrise as a bonus. Fishing through rods on the seashore is common sight while men are having "shisha" or families having picnics on the grassland.
Supermarkets such as Tamimi, Lulu or Hyperpanda offers different food imported from all over the world to cover the needs of the diverse nationalities living in Saudi. As I mentioned on previous posts, you cannot find pork as it is forbidden and a dirty meat according to their Holy Book. Same beliefs with other sects of Christianity. Well there are a lot of YouTube or articles on the internet proving the dirtiness of pork. Now that i did not taste that meat for a long time already, it becomes just a normal thing, it's not available and it's not a big deal.
