Next stop: Half Moon Bay, some 30km from Khobar.
Our otherwise-totally-out-of-date Lonely Planet guide said that this was a pleasant spot for expatriates, and the beach one of the most beautiful in the area.
Not quite.
Tuesday, 7 June 2011
Monday, 6 June 2011
Eastern Misadventures With A GPS (Part 1)
There are very few old things left in Khobar city. It used to be just a sleepy little port along the Persian Gulf; the end point for frankincense-carrying camels travelling from Yemen across the Saudi desert.
The discovery of oil in the 1930s changed all that. Almost overnight, Khobar became the centre of Saudi’s booming oil industry and the fastest growing city in Arabia.
From camel to Chrysler and from souk to skyscraper, all in one generation…
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