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| 2004-02-24 |
| Riyadh Governor Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz initiated the construction of a new leisure resort set to cost over $650 million. The resort will also receive about $26 million from the government, which also provided the land, over a five year period on infrastructure. The new resort, located 30 miles northeast of Saudi Arabia’s capital, will feature a safari park, a car racecourse, an aviation club, a nature museum and a theme park when completed. Wymin days are Tuesday and Thursday, if they can arrange to get there. Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday are reserved for myn. Friday is family day. Prince Sultan bin Salman secretary general of the Supreme Tourism Commission said the suicide bombings last year did not affect tourism since it does not depend on foreign tourists. He also said that domestic tourism would rise within the next two decades within Saudi Arabia. HMMmmm. Thought they were going to grow the foreign tourist trade. |
| Posted by:GK |
| #16 Thanks .com for the insight. Appreciated. |
| Posted by: dataman1 2004-2-24 8:36:38 PM |
| #15 muck - You don't know diddley-squat about it, so stop flapping your There are small "carnivals" (small Ferris Wheel, & other typical rides) set up in high foot-traffic areas of cities along the Gulf shore, such as Al Khobar & Dammam in the Eastern Province. I've read about similar in Jeddah along the ocean walks there. Not sure about Riyadh, but why not? Also there are city "parks" with the usual monkey-bars, slides, etc.. There are other venues, such as theme restaurants and similar and picnic emplacements along the Gulf / ocean shore - with refreshment outlets & sundry. This stuff is particularly geared toward children - so for family activities there is some measure of "entertainment" available. For adults there are coffee shops, restaurants, and shopping - including limited-selection book stores and music stores. The inventory is heavily censored - nothing like buying an Enya CD and finding the CD cover has been bathed in 10 layers of black marking-pen ink so you can't see her shoulders or bare arms. Never bought a Britney item, but I can imagine it was completely blacked out. The tough one is the adolescent - young adult segment. Officially and in tough social circumstances, they are not allowed contact. In practice / slightly more liberal areas (such as Al Khobar), however, they have a venue uniquely theirs: the mall games. In Al Khobar, and I'm sure this varies according to the architecture and imaginations of the kids, the Rashid Mall is the place. It is a 3-story structure. The girls & young women go up to the 2nd and 3rd levels in the central atrium and drop pieces of paper to the boys / young men down below on the 1st floor. Looks like a snowstorm when the place is packed. I have no idea how they handle the misfires, heh. The info runs the gamut from tease to name to cellphone number. I know this because of a Saudi "friend" who was having trouble with his 15 yr old son and asked me for some advice. It all started when he got him his own cellphone and... You can work the rest out yourself: tons of talk with almost no action - until the males have the means (good job and ready cash) to get hooked up in some arrangement. This can range anywhere from early 20's to mid 30's. That's a looong time to go without hetero hoochie. There's more about Saudis raised elsewhere, such as America, going back to SA to get |
| Posted by: .com 2004-2-24 5:23:40 PM |
| #14 Mucky, do you know that I'm having it built by Halliburton so that I'll have someplace to hangout when I'm hiding over there? BWAHAHAHAHA!!!! |
| Posted by: chainey 2004-2-24 3:56:10 PM |
| #13 you all are making like this is funny when it not. this can be a good idea for meking less terrorists. you have to realize the arabis dont have any outlet for fun in there country. they cant even look at a godd piece of ass or watch tv or go to the movie or listen to hip hop or anything. you be mean spirit to if you have nothing to look atr but sand and alla all day and wash the camel. maybe this park will give them some happines in there life and there be less terrorism. |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-2-24 3:09:32 PM |
| #12 Maybe they'll call it "Neverland"? It's already taken, your highnesses... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-2-24 1:04:47 PM |
| #11 Step right over here for the Grenade throwing at the school bus painted with the Star of David. When done go to our next attraction- blowing up vehicles with your own remote control. After that there is the ever popular stoning pit. And to whet your whistle the grand finale-you too can launch a rocket at the infidels and they won't shoot back area. |
| Posted by: dataman1 2004-2-24 12:43:42 PM |
| #10 Me thinks that the |
| Posted by: Bodyguard 2004-2-24 12:21:14 PM |
| #9 Not if it's in Riyadh, unless Fahd stops drooling long enough to issue a decree. Abdul Aziz issued unique rules regards Aramco Camp - the original housing area for the infidels that made them rich - but these applied ONLY within the camp in Dhahran. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-2-24 10:19:49 AM |
| #8 Will women get to drive bumper cars, or is that illegal too? |
| Posted by: Lil Dhimmi 2004-2-24 9:49:08 AM |
| #7 So that was Arafart's little woman. Kinda like a cork in the ocean. |
| Posted by: Raptor 2004-2-24 6:35:50 AM |
| #6 This just in: Snow White in her burkha. The seven dwarfs, poor guys, for all the years they lived with her, never even got to see her face (to tie it all in with yesterday's jawdropper thread :). |
| Posted by: Vic 2004-2-24 3:01:14 AM |
| #5 I look at it a bit differently. If, say, once again some Saudi group of youths lose control of themselves and go molesting the wymin, they could always blame Snow White and be found not guilty. |
| Posted by: Rafael 2004-2-24 2:43:43 AM |
| #4 Hey, the Muslims will love it. Just cuz we think it's wacked won't affect their intended market. "If we build it, they will come." Is that the line? But, due to the Shari'a declarations against representations of certain types of figures, I have the sneaking suspicion that they won't have a Snow White roaming the park... ;-> |
| Posted by: .com 2004-2-24 2:28:40 AM |
| #3 SOT. If your going to account for the shit. Thats the way to do it. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-2-24 1:26:09 AM |
| #2 i wonder where the cash for the $10,000 dollar a week blond eurohookers is buried in the budget--probably under infidels/blond/arab needle dick arbitrage |
| Posted by: SON OF TOLUI 2004-2-24 1:16:46 AM |
| #1 Domestic tourism? Yeah, you bet. Disney saudi style. Bow down here. And again here, yes. Very good. And here also, you must bow. Now go, have fun, yes frolic, now bow down. So very good! Soda 2.50 each. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-2-24 1:16:14 AM |
