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UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 7 Feb 2026 | By debo | Views [104]
Hey! 1 week pre trip and i found my journal from the trip where Estefy and I met and thought maybe would keep a record of our return trip to South America, this time 12 years on!
We are spending the last week saying good bye to all our friends ... Read more >
SAUDI ARABIA | Friday, 30 Jan 2026 | By graynomadsusa | Views [39]
Our final day on the bus was relatively short—just over six hours from Al Bahah to Jeddah. I calculated the road distance between the cities that we visited from Riyadh to Jeddah at around 2000 kilometers. Adding in all the side trips and ... Read more >
SAUDI ARABIA | Wednesday, 28 Jan 2026 | By graynomadsusa | Views [50]
The thirty-kilometer drive from Al Bahah to the Heritage Village of Thee Ain took us more than an hour this morning. The vertigo-inducing road has 25 tunnels, countless switchback turns, crosses 60 bridges and descends nearly 1500 meters ... Read more >
WESTERN SAHARA | Tuesday, 27 Jan 2026 | By shaz | Views [142]
This part of my trip I visit Western Sahara. I crossed the El Guerguerat border between Mauritania and Western Sahara. One of those places you don’t really think about until you’re actually there. This stretch of desert sits in a long running ... Read more >
SAUDI ARABIA | Tuesday, 27 Jan 2026 | By graynomadsusa | Views [42]
Yesterday was pretty much a fill-in day—some swimming and snorkeling followed by an overnight in Yanbu on the Red Sea. Connie and I skipped the swimming—it was quite comfortable in the shade on the boat. There was nothing formal planned ... Read more >
SAUDI ARABIA | Sunday, 25 Jan 2026 | By graynomadsusa | Views [38]
It was bitter cold this morning when we gathered for a group photo before starting the long drive to Medina. Along the way Yannis organized a brief stop at an isolated station on the Ottoman-built Hejaz railway, interesting only because a similar ... Read more >
SAUDI ARABIA | Saturday, 24 Jan 2026 | By graynomadsusa | Views [36]
In 1983, with the mud-brick buildings crumbling around them, the last inhabitants of “Old Town” moved to the new Al’Ula city center. Much of the old town is still crumbling but a few of the buildings have been restored for tourists.... Read more >
SAUDI ARABIA | Friday, 23 Jan 2026 | By graynomadsusa | Views [39]
The Saudi Arabia trip really began for me in Al’Ula, an oasis that encompasses both the old and new towns of Al’Ula, the UNESCO World Heritage site of Hegra and a few attractions we weren’t aware of. Think of it as Canyonlands ... Read more >
SAUDI ARABIA | Thursday, 22 Jan 2026 | By graynomadsusa | Views [33]
The UNESCO World Heritage Site at Jubbah may be the largest petroglyph site in Saudi Arabia but all it did was whet our appetite for AlUla. As with rock art we have seen around the world, the the artists will remain forever unknown and the meaning ... Read more >
SAUDI ARABIA | Wednesday, 21 Jan 2026 | By graynomadsusa | Views [36]
Ushaiqer Heritage Village, about 120 mies north of Riyadh, is one of the oldest towns in the Naid region of Saudi Arabia. In its day Ushaiqer was a major stopping point for Kuwaiti, Iraqi and Iranian pilgrims on the way to Mecca to perform Hajj.... Read more >
