Against all Odds

The Last few days I spent trying to find out of I can enter the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA, with my Right Hand Drive vehicle and if I can, how do I continue from there. The more I found out, the less likely this trip was to happen.
The Saudi Automobil Club and other KSA governmental institutions responded with a clear "No, not allowed under any circumstances". Forums gave me the same response: Nobody has ever made it.
How to continue? Shipping companies from Cairo or Haifa to Greece, Italy or Turkey 5-6 day of sea journey, don't take any dogs. Does the ferry from Kuwait to Iran only 5-6hours, transport cars as well. .. no idea, no response as yet.
Then I had the glorious idea, I will travel to the border, see if I get through. If not, then take it as a round trip through the UAE.
So the next morning I packed up and travelled towards the border.
And believe it or not.... I made it! Al Hamdullilah! After all, the car did not seem to be such a problem; there were only a few hushed discussions. The dog was the bigger issue, did I not have any of the required documents for him. The med cert was not issued by the appropriate office, I did not have a permission of the KSA department for I don't know what, but, al Hamdullah again, the friendly officer on the UAE side had already completed an application for me. And so, after a lot of smiles, and many more Al Hamdullillahs, you are traveling alone? Mashallah! All the way from Australia? Mashallah! With a dog? Mashallah! I was waved through all the checkpoints and arrived in KSA.
But now my only hope is, that, Inshallah! I won't get sent back with my forbidden RHD. And my Arabic was enriched by two new words. Czytaj więcej