Breakfast at our hotel. Lots of wonderful choices.
So when AlUla was first recommended to me, I sort of pushed back saying, “I live in read rock country”. The travelagent took off one day, but insisted we needed to see it. I am so glad she did. I finally had free rein with my camera (if only I remembered to charge my batteries, more about that later) and the area was outstanding. I cannot wait to return!
We flew from Riyadh to AlUla in about 2 hours. A new notice button on the flight that I had never seen before stating Wi-fi was available, and when it was not. We arrived early afternoon.
Our first stop was at Daimumah Western Hub for lunch. There was a presentation on how the water was extracted from the earth to water the surrounding orchards of date palm trees. All very interested. The lunch was one of the best meals we had while in Saudi. As we had landed late, our afternoon scheduled was incredibly condensed!
The first stop on our afternoon tour was in Hegra. We took a gulf cart out into the desert to visit these ancient sites. Sadly, I left my camera bag with spare batteries in the SUV that had dropped us off, and. my camera on my phone also ran out of battery power. Well, as Pat would say, “next time”.
Hegra ruins date from the Nsnsysrsn Kingdow, 1st century aD. The site is the second largest city after Petra, which we had visited several years ago.
After visiting Hegra we were off to Harrat View point for dinner and to celebrate Hugh’s 75th birthday!
