Here I come, Riyadh

After 2 months of waiting for the immigration processes to be completed, I finally got my visa to Saudi Arabia 3 days before I had planned to join V in Riyadh. So there I was in the flight making my maiden journey to Saudi Arabia with lots of anxiety and anticipation. By the time I had got onto the flight, I was already missing my family back home. The flight to Riyadh from Singapore is about 10 hours with an hour transit in Dubai. I was half-minded about getting off at Dubai for 40min just to see what the airport looked like. But having decided against it, I stayed put while thinking what to expect once I land in Riyadh International Airport.

I reached Riyadh at about 11.15pm (Singapore time) and as soon as I disembarked I was relieved to see V waiting for me. A staff promptly took my passport n whisked us past immigration, collected my nine bags and we were soon on our way to a place called home. Home is a 2 storeyed villa with ample space for us to dance, hop and skip if we so wished. The house is huge but that means more place to keep my things :) Shortly after arriving home, I put on my abaya to head out for dinner and supermarket shopping thereafter. While it did seem odd to wear the robe over my clothes, I was genuinely relieved that at least my head and face were visible. Scores and scores of women in abayas and faces covered and men in their traditional Saudi outfits soon became commonsight.

1st meal in Riyadh had to be Indian and thereafter we headed to Euromarche, a HUGE supermarket. After spending a bomb there, we headed home. I was off to bed in anticipation of Day 2 in Riyadh.