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- Nov 23, 2022, 10:00am
- ⛅ 29 °C
- Altitude: 16 m
- Saudi Arabia Jizan Farasān 16.684869, 42.12927216°41’6” N 42°7’45” E
Day 13
Farasan Islands
November 23, 2022 in Saudi Arabia ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
The Farasan Islands are an archipelago of about 80 islands located about 50 km off the southwest coast of Saudi Arabia. The main island, called Farasan, is one of the largest islands in the Red Sea.
The 1st picture is of a marina near the ferry terminal where local tour boats go out into the archipelago. The 2nd and 3rd pictures are of interesting rock formations taken from one of those tour boats. The 4th picture is another of those formations. On this one, I expected to see Elton John and his piano singing Crocodile Rock!
There are also mangroves growing here. The next 2 pictures are looks at a couple of spots in the mangrove forest. The 7th picture is of one of the larger inhabitants of the mangroves: pelican. Just to the right of the large pelican, hidden by the leaves, is a chick.
The 8th picture is in the Al Qessar heritage village. This is a reconstruction on the site of a village that dates to at least Roman times.
The last 2 pictures are of a couple of the several houses of an important pearl merchant from a bit over 100 years ago. There is no longer an active pearl industry here, but the architecture of the houses is amazing.Read more
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- Mar 3, 2020, 3:00am
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 1,615 m
- Saudi Arabia Jizan Jara 17.26048, 43.104917°15’38” N 43°6’18” E
Day 313
Where the Road goes down,it has to go up
March 3, 2020 in Saudi Arabia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Our next goal was Faifa, an apparently green, lush Village high up in the mountains.
Having driven down the road from the plateau to Rijal Alma we knew the roads can be quite steep and taking into account Lola’s quite girly attitude when it comes to steep inclines, we carefully chose the least steep road. Still, oh my, once we got there, we realised the inclines go up to 50%. Honestly! We decided that Jasmin went to drive ahead and look for a good overnight spot, as I knew I had to take it slow and it is going to take me some while. Well, let me say it like this, I had a lot of opportunities to admire the monkeys on this road. Drive a few 100m, let it cool, admire monkeys, drive few 100m, let it cool, admire the view. Do you know how steep 50% are? It would throw you out of your seat did you not have a back support!!! I was close to giving up but Jasmin coaxed me up, sending me encouraging messages, and at the end I made it. Jasmin had chosen a nice spot overlooking the valley. The only thing wrong with it were the rubbish bins close by which were noisily raided by the monkeys first thing in the morning, leaving and indescribable mess in their wake.Read more
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