Riad, capital of Saudi Arabia

Riad was a disappointment!
8 million people living in the middle of the flat desert, of which a small part is endlessly rich, living in huge palaces and racing around at night in lamborghinis while a large part of the population from India, Bangladesh and Pakistan is doing the work in the streets.
The whole city is one huge big building site. Among other, the ancient seat of the ruling Saud family, Diriyah, has been dug up and restored to a unesco site. It's the center, the Bujari Heritage, is an area of restaurants and walks, and seems to be the meeting place of the Upper society. We went there hoping to spend the evening but gave up when €50 per person were asked as entry fee.Leggi altro