Travel pictures
One of the first journeys after the pandemic lockdowns was Saudi Arabia. Luckily enough the country had just opened for E-visas and thus made travelling there much easier. I went with Mette and her daughter, several of our American travel buddies and the Swedish globetrotter Bengt. We all met in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, and saw the impressive city with a lot of skyscrapers. We made it to the infamous “Chop Chop Square where public executions and punishments are taking place. We also saw the old fort that has played an important role in the history of Saudi Arabia and houses a great National Museum. From there they had wonderful local lunch at a family restaurant before heading on to see some of the surroundings of Riyadh, including the hotel Ritz that served as a prison for some of the royal family that had made too big crimes to ignore. What a luxurious prison! In the evening we went to the famous Skybridge with splendid views of Riyadh by night. The next day we saw the National Museum, an interesting place with a lot of Saudi Arabic history and a lot of proudness of the country being custodians for the holy places of Mecca and Medina. From there we made it to the desert through massive amounts of sand before we reached what the Saudi Arabians call The World's End, a desert gorge with a downfall of several 100 meters. The landscape was spectacular and we took great pictures, enjoyed the scenery and ended up with coffee and biscuits under the desert moonlight. We also ventured into a small cave and ended up in Riyadh with dinner at our rooftop. Some of the others went on to Jeddah whereas I prioritized to finally visit Egypt, but that is another story.
