Abha was interesting, so worth getting out of Riyadh and realising that Saudi isn't all like Riyadh. Not all of Saudi is strict and ultra conservative. Even the clothes were different, the climate and environment and the nature of the people. It is cooler and has green mountains. The guys wear suit jackets over the white throbes and the women wear huge mexican type hats all dressed in black!! Some men wear coloured cloth and daggers. Its amazing. Abha was much more colourful. We saw a lot of traditional mud brick homes and villages, museums, old palace, a turkish fortress ruin, camels, basket markets, baboons in the mountains, went on cable cart rides and visited the hanging village. It was a wonderful weekend.
we were welcomed at a 5 star hotel with flowers!
the first mud brick style home and tower we saw
Our guide is Mohommad.
We visit an old palace and inside there is a museum.
Inside the house/museum.
THE BASKET MARKET
the mens perfume!
lots of chilli!
THE MOUNTAINS
our picnic in the park.
us on the turkish ruin
THE CAMELS
THE VILLAGE OF TRADITIONAL HOUSES
MORE MARKETS
The wild baboons!
