Expats in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia.

Living in Al Khobar, Dammam and Jubail, Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

Along Dammam-Jubail Highway

Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia is not an ordinary province or rural areas we are familiar with like in the other parts of the world. Expats usually came are from different countries like Egypt, Jordan, Philippines, India, Pakistan, Sudan, Lebanon, U.K., U.S., Europeans and others. Many large companies or headquarters are situated here with branches in Riyadh, Jeddah and other parts of the Kingdom. Those companies particularly in Jubail, Dammam and Khobar are just beside the seas where access to port of Dammam is very easy to do business. With refineries and many other industries for instance, people can swim the clean sea and breathe the common air we all have. This is due to the high standards of waste treatments before being released to the environment. 

People loved to jog (expats usually), have family picnics, swim, and catch fishes on the shorelines since everything is clean, peaceful, silent and relaxing. Free cottages with barbecue stands along the beaches and fresh water for cleaning are available for free. You only have to enjoy.  Night swimming, camping, beach volleyball games are also common except of course, loud music on outdoor parties. You can rent bungalows to have your karaoke, events or parties so that everything will not be a disturbance to other beach goers.

Jubail Beach

Any item you need to buy is all available in the supermarkets from spices, bread, canned goods and fruits from the Eastern up to Western part of the globe. If you want to find the areas where most of your same race live, there are a lot of other blogs and Facebook groups available to be a member to familiarize yourselves and get ready to consider as your temporary home while working in this tax-free kingdom. Many organizations have a get-together activities to enjoy each others' company.

Who said only sunset is nice? Sunrise like this do happen all year round. This is taken in Al Khobar Half Moon Beach.

Just a very nice ball to play with your cameras like eating a dragon ball or jumping to catch this.

Living in Al Khobar is much better in my opinion as compared when I lived in Riyadh. Some people from the capital travel here usually to relax and have fun in the seaside park areas and beaches, while some people in the Eastern Region travel to Riyadh for some other reasons usually for business, visit relatives and friends and stroll around the very wide city. It has a lot to offer also from hiking and sand motor rides to indoor games like bowling. As I observed, people in the eastern part are more English-educated as compared to Riyadh.

Biggest Mosque in Bahrain

If you want to see other places outside Saudi, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain are just few miles away, which can be traveled thru land, to spend time during weekends or holidays. So far, I visited Bahrain twice only when I missed the fun of dancing on a live band or the taste of a beer and some more things.