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.