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Umroh - Jeddah- 2

22 May 2013 -   Sightseeing   and   Shopping Malls
Duncan MacDonald  
Jakarta  5  July   2013   

      We look at some of Jeddah's unusual sights & check out a shopping mall, which pales into insignificance compared to Jakarta. Oh, we also rub shoulders with some Saudi Royals.

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Jeddah
1: En route to shopping mall -enlarge
Jeddah
2: I'll remember Jeddah's excellent road system, including red lights & speed bumps-enlarge
Jeddah
3: That strange ship shaped building on the left is actually a seafood restaurant -enlarge
Seafood restaurant
4: Told you so. It's called 'Le Bateau Nass-enlarge
Jeddah
5: They have some original road-side emblems-enlarge
El Khayyat
6: El Khayyat Shopping Center -enlarge
Shinta mall
7: Shinta & Ida at El Khayyat Shopping Mall-enlarge
Shinta mall
8: Shinta with more friends at mall-enlarge
Shinta Duncan mall
9: Shinta, Duncan + friends at El Khayyat Shopping Mall-enlarge
Jeddah mall
10: The mall opens at 10:00am. It's now 11:30 - Saudies are not early risers-enlarge
Jeddah mall
11: Oops- there's someone -enlarge
Jeddah mall
12: I finally figgered out what the full face veil is for - when women go shopping they can't see anything and are not tempted to buy-enlarge
Jeddah mall
13: It may not look like it in this photo, but these two are actually a couple-enlarge
Jeddah mall
14: Gosh - the place is starting to fill up-enlarge
Shinta mall
15: Shinta about to buy big at Louis Vuitton- -enlarge
Jeddah mall
16: Another Saudi shopping couple-enlarge
Shinta mall
17: The girls have finished shopping-enlarge
Shinta mall
18: Shinta, Ida and Dhita doing their bit to boost the Saudi economy -enlarge
Jeddah mall
19: Cars at shopping mall-enlarge
Tahlia mall
20: Tahlia Shopping Center-enlarge
Jeddah
21: They have some very strange street monuments -enlarge
Jeddah
22: Bentley & McLaren showrooms -enlarge
Jeddah
23: Just driving along, minding my own business when I see Range Rover Number plate # 7. Anything less than 100 means Royal Family.-enlarge
Jeddah
24: Same Range Rover - these Saudi royals are really special - they can drive no hands-enlarge
Jeddah
25: Hang about - there's a blue sports job with plate No 2 !-enlarge
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Jeddah
26: Range Rover & Blue Sports obviously know each other-enlarge
Jeddah
27: Meanwhile back at the Hilton - what do we find but a Porsche with plate No 1-enlarge
Jeddah
28: And these are the two guys driving Porsche No 1 -enlarge
Jeddah
29: Just in case you missed it - here is Number 1 -enlarge

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