We visited Leo Del Mundo, his wife, Helen (the two standing in the picture below...) who
were wonderful hosts.
They have a 5 year old son, Elliot, too...
And here I am at Leo's house.
They took us along the Corniche, which is the main drag along the sea shore.
The water there is impossibly clear to me, especially right in the city...
Hope this guy gets his limit...
I think Jeddah is much more of a "real" city than Riyadh, and it's a pretty cool place by local standards. But all women
still have to wear an abaya (a black cloak) in public.
Then again, Cecilia was only visiting...
Leo said that if one of the royalty is in town they turn on a big
fountain at night. Guess we were lucky that a prince or King Fah'd was there,
because it's a pretty impressive fountain.
On the way, we saw some camels and took some pictures.
We finally got there...
Didn't take any pictures underwater, but the reef is about 15 feet high (it causes that wave break visible in the coast picture above). I saw about as many fish in the Red Sea snorkeling as I saw at Key Largo diving. I'll have go back and re-learn how to dive...
And while we were there one of the cars we took got stuck in the sand. So, we went back to the main road, found a rope in a junkyard, and towed it out. That was the only snag in an otherwise perfect day -- probably the best time to be had legally in the Kingdom...
On the way, I lost my wallet, but got it back after about a 300 km detour. Drove home at about 90 MPH, which was fun -- Saudi is the only place I pass the cops... It was a great trip!