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Road trip in Western Saudi Arabia: day 9 and 10, Jeddah, Al Lith and Al Qunfudah.
Thursday 11: After a good breakfast in Al Andalus mall hotel, we went to Jeddah corniche, where Abel played in a playground for an hour....
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Apr 12, 20242 min read
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Road trip in Western Saudi Arabia: day 7 & 8 - Al Ula to Ummluj and Jeddah
Tuesday 9 April, 7th day of our trip. We waited some 30 minutes to get the buggy to pick-up us from our tent to go to the restaurant for...
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Apr 12, 20242 min read
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Road trip in Western Saudi Arabia: day 6 - Al 'Ula
I didn't see the Sinai Rosefinch coming close to our tent this morning, but the Hooded Wheatear came back for a couple of minutes, at...
jackyjudas
Apr 8, 20242 min read
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Road trip in Western Saudi Arabia: day 5 in Al 'Ula
Easy birding sitting in the sofa of our luxury tent from sunrise. Got one lifer: Sinai Rosefinch, 1 male , and a group of juveniles...
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Apr 7, 20242 min read
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Birding in Sharm El Sheikh
On the second day in Sharm El Sheikh, I started recorded birds, first from my hotel at Naama Blue Hotel, in Naama Bay. Taking breakfast...
jackyjudas
Apr 6, 20242 min read
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Road trip in Western Saudi arabia: day 4 - Madina to Al 'Ula
Slow move in the morning. Check-out of our hotel in Madina around 10 am, taking the road to Al 'Ula passing by Khaybar. The road through...
jackyjudas
Apr 6, 20242 min read
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Road trip in western Saudi Arabia: day 3 from Taif to Madina.
After an evening of heavy rain and flooding in Taif, the sun was shining and the sky bright blue in the morning. We headed to wadi Thee...
jackyjudas
Apr 6, 20242 min read
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Road trip in Western Saudi Arabia- day 2
Started the day with a quick breakfast in the hotel bedroom. At 5, we were on the road, going to Khairah forest park, 30 min drive from...
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Apr 4, 20242 min read
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Roadtrip In Western Saudi Arabia - Eidh 2024 - Day 1
The plan was to travel to Georgia. Everything was booked (hotels, Flight tickets, car rental...). The day before to leave, I still...
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Apr 3, 20243 min read
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Khlong Lat Mayom Floating market
Today, sunday 16 April, we went by taxi to Khlong Lat Mayom Floating market..30 min drive from our hotel in Sukhumvit. There are several...
jackyjudas
Apr 16, 20231 min read
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Water festival in Bangkok
We arrived in Bangkok on Friday afternoon, around 15:00, local time, i.e. 10:00 am in Saudi Arabia. I only realized arriving in Bangkok,...
jackyjudas
Apr 16, 20231 min read
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Release of Nubian Ibex in the Asir
In December 2021, we received a group of 15 Nubian Ibex (Capra nubiana) from the captive breeding of King Khaled Wildlife Research...
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Mar 2, 20233 min read
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Jizan - Farasan Islands February 2023
22nd of February is foundation day in Saudi Arabia. We got Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 off, making a 4 days long weekend. A good...
jackyjudas
Feb 21, 20239 min read
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Abel's third birthday
Saturday 21 May 2022 was Abel's third birthday.. already 3 years old, and I hardly saw him 5 months along those 3 years, as he joined me...
jackyjudas
May 22, 20221 min read
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Birding at Abha dam
The tourist season in Abha has started. Since Eidh, more and more cars are on the roads, the traffic become heavier every day. This...
jackyjudas
May 13, 20221 min read
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Malaysia day 10 - May 7: prolongation
Having missed our plane yesterday,.we had to re-book another flight. All flights to Jeddah were fully booked, only available in business...
jackyjudas
May 8, 20221 min read
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Malaysia day 9 - May 6: on the way back to KSA
Our Malaysian holidays are reaching their end. The same driver who drove us to Penang, came to pick-up is at our hotel at 9:30. It should...
jackyjudas
May 6, 20221 min read
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Malaysia day 8 - May 5: birding, swimming pool and boat trip
Late start around 7:30 to go birding on the track to Batu Ferringhi waterfall. Added a couple of new species on my life list for...
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May 5, 20221 min read
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Malaysia day 7- May 4: Penang Hill and Street food
Breakfast at 10:15, just before it closes. We take a grab to Bukit Bendera, the downhill station of the cable train. There is very long...
jackyjudas
May 4, 20221 min read
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Malaysia day 6 -May 3: birding and swimming pool
The sunrise was around 7:05. I woke up at 6:30 to go to ferringhi waterfall, which access starts just opposite of our hotel. The sky is...
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May 4, 20221 min read
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