Saudi Arabia

[SLIM]

Since going to Ukraine on business and then on Turkey for holiday straight afterwards me and my dad have had the urge to do a lot of travelling, atleast until I have to do my final tests for the air force. My dad's friend told us of a business opportunity in Saudi Arabia. Now neither me nor my dad agree with Islam or any religion at all, we know it's a very strict islamic country,but my dad still seems keen on going there.

I've heard you can get alcohol there but it's very expensive and you have to drink within your compounded area (we reckon it'll be easier if we stay in a compound). Now from what else I've heard, most of the compounds separate men from women, or atleast unmarried ones, but I'm unsure about this; would I not be able to go with my girlfriend?

I'm thinking of going to either Dammam city or Jeddah, but I've heard Jeddah smells funny, which places are the less serious? I've heard you can still have some good bachelour fun in the country.

If anyone living in Saudi or has visited can answer these questions I'd really appreciate it.

[Angry Blue Bird of Death]

Saudi Arabia is a the heart of Islam. No thanks.

[ILTST]

Ask yourself this: Do you REALLY want to be surrounded by those filthy sand niggers?

[Chinese Food52]

I've lived in Dubai, and one of my best friends use to live in Saudi so I have a little bit of understanding of the living conditions there.

If you live on a compound chances are your life will be close to regular. There is a lot of westerners there who try to live a 'western life' inside their walls. Now there has been cases of these compounds getting attacked to fuck(see 'The Kingdom') but i'm sure security has been improved drastically. If you go out of the compound your girlfriend will have to wear the full headscarf/facemask... pretty intense. And as long as you stay in the right area's you'll be fine.

Now Dubai is literally 100 times more chill. There are plenty of white brown asian slash pretty much everything else. You can wear whatever you want(as long as it's not like a skimpy bathing suite in public), and there is plenty of alcohol in bars and hotels. Also countrary to popular belief there is a shitload of drugs in Dubai... you just can't be a dumbass and try to sneak it in(I was reading they have some weird technology to pick up any drug on the person). You have to find it inside the city. Oh also as you probably know it's rich as fuck. And if you have money, you live in a paradise.

Hope that cleared some things up.

[Spam Man Sam]

Except that most construction projects have been frozen in the city and tons of expats have gotten the fuck outta there because their assets have dried up.

[Chinese Food52]

^^^true that. But this economies gotta come back sometime doesn't it?:(

[Spam Man Sam]

True, and buying property in a bust is always a good call. Look:

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/138/exodus.html