I was in Saudi Arabia about 19 years ago (Riyadh); While there, I went to Jidda and went fishing for the week-end...absolutely amazing waters!! Where abouts are you living/staying ?

(B.T.W. -39 degrees today with da wind here in Ottawa )

 

i'll be working in yanbu, ~300km north of jeddah along the coast.

we took a little boat way out of sight of the shore and snorkelled around a reef. just amazing. all i had was a little disposable camera but i got some great pictures.

 

Why not post them? It would be cool to see some of those pictures.

 

i'll have to do that tonight. they're on my computer at home.

 

Nice! I'd love to go back and see the the city again after so many years.

If u are in need of beverages of the illegal kind, do like we did:

15 litres of grape juice
1/2 cup of yeast
4 cups of glucose

mix in a platic garbage pail

let sit for 4-6 weeks (don't mind the smell)

Filter into Jerry Cans (used for fuel)

and enjoy

Makes for a good paint stripper too...

 

i've heard the stories of the guys that were stationed there on long-term jobs getting into the home made hooch.

apparently, behind closed doors, the saudis get into the cid (moonshine essentially) quite a bit too. but shhhh, that's on the low down.


yanbu itself is pretty dirty and dusty, but the royal commission (what used to be the ex-pat compound) by all the petroleum facilities is beautiful.

 

moonshine? do they smuggle it around in an orange Dodge Charger with a confederate flag on top of it

 

it's saudi arabia. they smuggle it in a 3 axle MB 600SEL


i actually saw a stretch 3-axle range rover last time i was there. a brit driving it though.

 

Here? Right now? Bout 7C. Rainy. Is that the same across Canada? I don't think so. Read above.

 

ha ha suckers

80 degrees last weekend, 72 degrees now

 

-40 degrees Celcius with the wind here in Montreal, Canada...

 

what? -45c with windchill in the valley man, right around wolfville area i stayed away from the outside today

 

same here in ottawa, thank god for remote starters

 

It was about -25 or so today, here in Lindsay today, thats with wind. I think last night though, the low was around minus 30 or 35. Not bad but cold enough for me. I still think its the right weather for cold beer.

 

Our weather has been extremely warm this year. A couple of days ago it was above freezing. Its about 10 F (-12 C) out right now. Usually around this time of year it is -20 F (-29 C)or more. The coldest weather I can remember in Alaska was -40 F. I'm sure sometime in the next month we will get screwed over with -20 weather.