Traveling to the UK (part1)

After finishing my lecture I went to the main building of my faculty to buy some books. While I was walking inside the faculty building I saw on the notes board announcement of scholarship for English Language student to study in the UK for a year. I went straight to the head of European Languages Department to ask him about that and he told me "if you want to go you have to fill out this form and return it to me, after that we will decide".

I traveled to my family at the weekend because I was living in Jeddah to study and my family lives in other city 3 hours by car I arrived there and I did not tell my mother and my wife about the scholarship because I want to make sure before telling them. The next day, I met my father and told him about that to help me, because I was thinking, should I accept and go far away from my children and my family or I have to cancel that and stay with them. I was realy confuse, but my father told my " you have to finish this form and return it to your boss because this your opportunity do not lost it and I will support you and your family, go ahead".

At last, I decided to fill the form and submit to the department of English Language. After making sure of scholarship, I phoned my mother and my wife to tell them about that, when they heard traveling for a year they start crying and said we do not you to go over there, then I told them this is me first chance I have to go to improve my skills and I told my wife you will be with me after five or six months and you have to be patient and look after my children.

One day before traveling, my mother and my wife were very sad and crying but they still proud of me. In day of traveling I could not be patient and I stared cry because this first time I will leave all my family special my children for a long time. I saw my children off when they were sleeping because I can not see them crying in front of me and I went quickly. REALLY IT WAS HARD MOMENT UPON ME.

One of the best trips

Everyone has a special thing or a new experience in his or her life, such as traveling with a person who has never traveled with you before. I used to travel with my family or my friends every year in the summer holiday, and all our trips were inside Saudi Arabia. 5 years ago, I was not able to travel outside my country because I was a soldier. And one of the conditions to be a soldier in my country is not to go abroad!



I have traveled extensively throughout KSA but the most exciting trip was to ABHA 10 years ago.



Abha is the capital of asir province in Saudi Arabia. It is situated at 2,200 metres (7,200 fit) above sea level in the fertile mountains of south-western Saudi Arabia near the National Park of Asir, its mild climate makes it a popular tourist destination for Saudis.

I got married on the first of April 2000 and my life has changed since that date. My first trip with my wife was to Abah to sbend honeymonth 10 years ago. This is by far the most fantastic and relaxing place you could ever imagine staying in. there are A lot of places that we were planning to go to during our stay in Abha, for example:

1-the old Shadda Palace, thought to have been built around 1820, has been converted to a museum.

2- cable cars have been built, and installed in the city and its surroundings providing a view of the landscape.

3- the village of Rijal Almaa, contains 5 and six story traditional houses dating 400-600 years old built from local stone and quartz.

4- Al Habbalah. Inhabited until the 1970, the traditional stone and thatch perch precariously on narrow terrace edges down the side of an escarpment. Previously only reached by ropees and pullets, a modern cable car now allows visitors access to it.On the way to Al Habbalah there are many young people stoning their cars in strange ways(Stonning), and the pictures below demonstrate it:

5- Jabal Al Sooda (the black mountain) which stand at 3000 meters high and the area is subject to rain, sometime heavy.

6- a Citizen built and granted this museum for visitors of Alnamass, it cost 75 millions riyals and this palace is the first project in the Islamic History and it repreasnts many of the civilizations.

Alqunfodah

Hi, I am Ali and I am 31

I know when you read my first post you will say (this information is not about travel) but I like to write about my city, but the first thing that I thought to write about it was my hometown.

Before talking about the foreign trips I will show the city that I have spent whole my life in. It is called Alqunfoda. It is located on the west coast of the red sea and it has one of the major ports on the west coast of Saudi Arabia. Alqunfoda is under Makkah region administratively since its inception and it is located 350 Km south of Makkah and Jeddah, that is making it one of the most important points between south and north of the Kingdom.

It has disstinguished location, beautiful coasts and wonderful beache, all of these elements made it favorite place for many people. The visitors of this city note the tourist activity through the intensity of human numbers, which aspires to holiday near the beaches. There is a lot of hotels and chalets, which helped a lot of sea and quiet lovers to have memorable time in (Ghada of South)

Wind mail

A building which was used for grinding grain and its dates back to the twelfth century according to Islamic calendar.