Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
Traveling with Aamir...
Aamir Ali Arif, from Naizak, our partner in the Middle East has been travling with me since I arrived to many meetings and many dangerous drives on Jubail Highway (See Deathrace 2009 post). Here he is at the Saudi Aramco visitor center.
We laughed like crazy on "AS-SARAT" road today!
Starbucks tastes just like home! Aamir decided to drive the wrong way down a one way road with traffic to get to Starbucks!
Ever see a KFC in Saudi during a sand storm?
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Saturday, March 28, 2009
SABIC Chemical
Saudi Aramco Visit
We visited with Saudi Aramco today.
Sorry no pictures of their compound as
it is not permitted. It is guarded very
much like a military base with armed
guards, military style security, gun towers
and turrets,and 2 F-15's that fly over
every couple of minutes.
Telecom and RADAR towers outside
Saudi Aramco.
Sorry no pictures of their compound as
it is not permitted. It is guarded very
much like a military base with armed
guards, military style security, gun towers
and turrets,and 2 F-15's that fly over
every couple of minutes.
Telecom and RADAR towers outside
Saudi Aramco.
(top) This road worker was standing on top of a
"Jersey barrier" inches away from traffice
going by at 70+MPH while a back hoe was
operating the bucket right next to him.
(bottom) This guy was on the back of a crane
truck picking up the concrete barriers...the truck
would move down the road while he was standing
on the back trying to guide the load down all with
high speed traffic going by inches away!
Future Darwin award winners!
Friday, March 27, 2009
Arriving in Bahrain...
Arrived early morning today in Bahrain.
It took a while to clear customs...finger print scans, pictures, etc...very tight security!
I am now in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia and will have meetings in Jabail, Dammam, Dhahran, and Jeddah over the next 4 days.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
The Road to Nad Al Sheba...
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
New Construction and Atlantis...
New construction everywhere...
New Construction everywhere...
World's tallest building!
Dubai Tower (top)
Dubai Tower (bottom)
Atlantis beach & pool Atlantis Hotel
Dubai Wednesday
It was a busy day today. Very hot and humid. Had a breakfast and a meeting w/ Nakheel construction who is doing the huge project on Palm Jumeirah. Did I mention it was hot? Well it's Africa hot and humid too! Anyway, it was a long day and I'm about to crash. I saw the whole Palm Jumeirah project, Atlantis, and the world's tallest building (Burj al Arab) along with what they said was the world's biggest mall tonight. My dogs are barking. I'll try to upload some pics before I crash but check back tomorrow for more stuff!
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Made it to Dubai!
Finally made it to Dubai after a very long flight! It is night and still pretty warm and humid. We flew over Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Turkey, and Iran on the way here.
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