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1. Abha city where it makes sense simply strolling on the streets, plus there is a fascinating market on Tuesdays
2. Bin Hamsan Heritage Village, a well-promoted tourist attraction
3. The bookshop of Radisson SAS in Ryadh
4. In Jeddah, I ate some delicious, exclusive dates (Ajwa, grown in Medina), the best tasting date I have ever had in my life
5. The view from the (almost) top of Al Faisaliyah (a skyscaper)
6. The magnificent view and the brilliant architecture of The Kingdom Centre Tower in Riyadh (went both in the daytime and nighttime)
7. Al-Balad, the quasi Old Town of Jeddah (far more original and authentic than the artificial Old Town of Dubai
8. Riyadh is a stunningly bustling city (eminently the Olaya Street), except on their weekends when almost all services open at 4 p.m. only)
9. Witnessing the trend that locals do not take a dim view of tourist women when they walk on the streets without any companion (by the way Saudis do not even stare on foreigners)
10. The excellent news that Saudi Arabia ends flogging as a form of punishment (it is to be replaced by jail terms, fines or a mixture of both)
1. The paining lack of visiting Mecca and Medina, which are forbidden destinations for the infidels (we happen to fit into this classification) - to my knowledge, there is no historical (not even a sacral) attraction in the world which bans Muslims (Am I wrong?)
2. All roads of Ryjadh are strictly straight resulting that the whole city has a kind of rigid, artificial character (I admit though, the main avenues look splendidly in night floodlights)
3. A bit of unsettlement for us, as a couple, when in a food court we approach the separated queues for men and women
4. Very complicated to take a photo of a Saudi, as most of them fervently protest
5. We felt that Saudis look down on foreigners, deeply on Asians, moderately, not as openly on Whites
6. To be on the Deera square, knowing that this is the very place where public beheadings happen on some Fridays after the noon prayer (before lunch?)
7. The crazy driving style of the ostentatious Saudi playboys
8. The cigarette smoke and the dirty toilets in the King Abdulaziz International Airport
9. The smog in Riyadh
10. Sitting cross-legged when having dinner in the Najd Village restaurant in Ryadh - a torture for me
11. The bad-mannered tourists in the ruined city of Mada'in Saleh (otherwise a great program)
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