Category: Ushaiqer

Backpacking in Saudi Arabia🇸🇦: Touring Ushaiqer Town, Basically a Museum in a Guy’s House!

Posted on by Jonny Blair

My backpacking adventures in Saudi Arabia continued with some day trips away from the humungous capital city Riyadh. It was towards the end of our trip that we ended up in Ushaiqer (which sounded like “U Shag Her” at the start). On the same day that we visited the Salt Flats, the village of Rabat, Read more about Backpacking in Saudi Arabia🇸🇦: Touring Ushaiqer Town, Basically a Museum in a Guy’s House![…]

Backpacking in Saudi Arabia: My Top 10 Highlights

Posted on by Jonny Blair

In 2018, I managed to get a Saudi Arabia visa as I was travelling there to represent a travel company at the Hotel Show in Jeddah. As a group we ended up spending 10 days in Saudi Arabia and we backpacked it pretty hardcore. Of course, I did struggle with Arabic completely, phrases such as فنادق شرم الشيخ Read more about Backpacking in Saudi Arabia: My Top 10 Highlights[…]