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| 3 Days 2 Nights Trip to Khobar |
It was a long 5 hours drive to Khobar from Riyadh. In the stretch of the road, looking at your left and right window was just a plain, infinite, dark orange desert sand. We saw a big number of self supporting camels scattered like a buffalo. I don't know if they are wild or being taken cared of by somebody. And, I wonder how they survive the scorching heat of the sun!
Even inside the coaster, obviously' as we are all very excited to reach our destination, we already started to have some fun. Typical pinoy stuff for men like singing, role playing, fun stories, picture takings and sleeping were among the antidotes to ignore the agony of prolonged sitting position.
On average, we were able to utilize 4 stop overs for gas refilling, chai or latte drinking and emptying our gall bladders. We noticed that a lot of our kababayans were heading to the same destination like ours. Just an indication, that even outside of our country, pinoys can always find ways to have some fun.
When it became visible to us the panoramic view of the Khobar beach coastlines, our sleepy mode suddenly switched to high energy chanting mode of excitement. Each like saying, Alright! This is it! I wanna plunge my tired ass in that salt water... It was not that beautiful like our Boracay beach, but just enough to cool down our physical engines.
Ever wonder why food taste great in the Beach? Because soaking your body to salt water and burning calories from swimming, running, walking and laughing will fine tuned your mouth to crave for that sizzling barbecue, grilled meat, pancit, fish sinigang, bulalo, water melons and sodas.
After our daytime fun in the beach, we proceeded to the khobar city proper for mall tour and scout for some bargain shopping. They've got many sales offer this time from 50% to 70% perhaps mainly because of the Eid holiday season. I was able to buy some beach sandals, shorts and shirts at a very low price.
We checked in to our hotel in the center downtown of Khobar to relax a bit after a day of escapade. Our hotel room was not that classy, but just enough to get shower, cook and sleep. The service was superb and unbelievable! They booked two clients in one rooom?. Arrghh! Anyway, we got our room after hustling with the receptionist.
Going to Khobar without visiting the beautiful corniche area near the coast lines can be a missed opportunity. In the morning sunrise, the park was really clean, beautiful and quiet. It is ideal for a morning walk, jog or just to meditate. With a nice landscape, lagoon matched with fountains, popular restaurants nearby, and some decorative external lightings, I think it would be much better viewing this area at night.
Did you know that the country of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia is just separated by a bridge? It is known as the King Fahd Causeway. The bridge is composed of four lane road, 25 km long and approximately 23 m wide according to Wikipedia. We enjoyed the view which is breathtaking when traversing the long bridge in the middle of a sparkling blue water. It is indeed, no doubt... a wonderful masterpiece of Engineering Ingenuity!
We spend our last night mostly in the beach. The sea water was calm and warm which was really ideal for relaxing while floating, watching the glittering star light in the sky and just simply lying down there in the soft sand.
It was really a satisfying trip for all of us. Our batteries are all fully charge again for going back to work. Hopefully in the next Eid, we will be having another day out. For sure, pinoy engineers are always looking forward to a lot of fun after a back breaking work. It served as a reward to our sacrifices, hardwork and patience while working here in the middle east.
Thank you for viewing...
Till my next post.
Allan Laranang
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