It's raining!!!. The sky for the last week has been gray and cloudy. Last night was incredibly humid and it started raining just after dark. The air is cool and crisp like summer rain in Australia. For anyone from Britain heading here....you know who you are.....sorry but the weather is English. But I expect it won't last. The flooding in Jeddah was tragic so I hope the rain is not so heavy here. Anyway just a quick note because I never thought I would feel ra...

This was the weekend Pippa and I had been looking forward too for months. We are meeting in Abu Dhabi for Pippa's stopover to London. We had a great weekend and did get out of the hotel occasionally to see the sights. The hotel was fantastic; I forget that the earning potential here has some rewards. We found each other at the airport and though Pippa had to wait and hour and half for my plane, she was OK. The hotel was the Le Meridian and though older than oth...

Well after several abortive attempts I finally got to Bahrain, and it was worth it. What a fantastic country and so much more relaxed than Saudi. Bahrainis know how to be Muslim, friendly and enjoy life all at the same time. Ameer, the driver Trudy left a card for, picked me up and took me over the King Fahd Causeway. This is literally a 26 km long bridge over the Gulf with three hills to let the ships under. Well lit and 2 to 3 lanes in each direction. Half w...

"Here for a Good Time, not for a Long Time" Trudy Foon 2009. Sadly your stay in the desert kingdom was cut short and we say a fond farewell to Trudy. But a little reminder that it was not all HR, visa and phone anguish. You were a great person to have around and able to get along with just about everyone. W3 the exception, but really, there are some needles you can never find in that haystack. So a bit of a Trudy dedication blog entry. Always one to...

It has been a weird week in Saudi. The reason I have picked a picture of the hospital bus stop for this entry is because buses go places, like out of Saudi Arabia. The week has not been all bad, but challenging. After watching a bunch of 'doctors' procrastinate for 5 hours at not becoming responsible for the care of a 3 year old who had her foot 1/3 removed from an accident, to watching an almost a full trauma series on a bloke who was hit in the head with a soc...