Immigration at Riyadh can be a scary process for the uninitiated. There's always lines on labourers from the sub continent coming in by the plane load, it seems at first that you could be there for days but religiously they clear a queue for whiteman and women get mustered into the GCC lane so before you know it you are through, if the you have the visa stamp in your passport it it the most painless country in the world to enter.
The driver met me wit the 'Norconsult' sign, that was good news. He told me boss was here meeting his wife so he introduced ne to Jarl. I had been 
travelling for 36 hours and he said he would see me at 9.00am, I should have realised then how relentless the pace would be for the next three years.
travelling for 36 hours and he said he would see me at 9.00am, I should have realised then how relentless the pace would be for the next three years.I tried to get around town for some snaps over the coming weeks but pretty soon realised that there really isn't much to snap, it is far too hot to walking around and every escursio had the feel death by car accident about so I gave up. I did get some interesting shots of the fruit sellers operating on the sides of very busy roads, centremeters from the
speeding careering traffic. That was one of the nice things about new infratsru
cture meets old cultures, Saudi's love to get their vegetables from the side of road, very busy roads.
On my first weekend there I went to the desert with
Jarl on what is calles a 'hash', it'sa big gathering of good folk who meet on a Thursday to walk and run acourse in the desert and then sit around a fire tasting homemade produce.
Kingdom Tower is certainly the most recognisable and interesting landmark in city. It is the tallest building by a long shot and is visiable around the entire city, great for when you are lost.
