The Kingdom Tower, Najd Oasis – Riyadh, KSA.

Saudi Founding Day Today is the second time Saudi Arabia celebrates it’s Founding Day – a national holiday to celebrate the culture, heritage and traditions of the Kingdom. I have been to a few places in Saudi Arabia, and they all are different, even the people often look different and speak slightly differently but all […]

Riyadh, KSA, Doors of Olaya Street.

Walking around Riyadh feels different now. Still not easy, still not everything is accessible or working like it should, but people don’t look at you like you’re an alien any more. This time I spent 4 hours walking around looking at the front doors of residential area of Al Olaya Street… with a mix of […]

Riyadh… Here We Go Again

Saudi Arabia never truly lets me go. In March 2022 I got offered to cover an event for a Maritime company at the World Defense Show and what an adventure it has turned out to be. First of all, I’ve got to tell you that it was the first edition of the World Defense Show, […]

The Land of the Sand – poem

Kill Them with Culture – the National Museum of Riyadh and al Masmak Fortress Visit.

The last day in Saudi Arabia technically started with us still sitting around the dying fire under the large ghaf tree and looking at the stars, followed by a rather quiet drive back to the Intercon through the buzzing streets of Riyadh city. Having returned to “civilization” we still brought with us that fire smell […]

Middle Eastern Time Zone, on Riyadh

Riyadh The city of dust in sepia colours the same as the past – Will all of this last or gets rebuild and khalas? Wade Evans road dividers build nets like a spider and drive you around though traffic lock down, with cars full of scratches your journey here stretches into hours of wait, you’ll […]

The Place at The Edge of The World Where I Left a Piece of My Heart

You better find something really interesting, late, or tiring to do when you’re in Riyadh on a Thursday night, because unless you are planning to go to Friday prayers, there isn’t much else to engage in on the morning of the 6th day of the week (in the Middle East we used to start our […]

Are you lost? Or walking the streets of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

If you had a chance to meet me in the last couple of years, you probably noticed my growing passion towards everything Arabian – language, people, music, food… and places. Also working for years with Saudis planted a fast-growing seed of curiosity in me both about their culture and their country, so the day has […]