Most of my photos of Riyadh have been posted in different segments including architecture, the metro, NoHo Deli Boulevard City and World… but Riyadh is a growing capital city. In the last 10 years it’s grown from about 2 to 10 million. There is building happening everywhere. Between housing and creating new opportunities for locals and tourists as part of Vision 2030 there is lots to see. Highlights in this album were visiting the older market area and learning a little more about traditional dress items and going to Diriyah, an area on the outskirts of the city that was where the original House of Saud lived. With the ongoing effort to build out tourism and historical places, they are putting $62 billion Into development. They are also trying to build out the arts scene and have a $20 billion development happening in an old warehouse area to provide space to create and show art in Jax City.
The second city we went to was Ha’il. It’s the area near the ancient stone art drawings and where I met the girls at the World’s Biggest Coffee Shop and they are building the World’s Largest Slide, hoping for another Guinness record. We spent New Year’s Eve there. Shopped for our abaya’s the traditional robes for our visit to Medina. Outside of Ha’il is a big date market where we went to learn about the most important food item in the Saudi diet.
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