I spent 6 days in Saudi Arabia

… and it’s the most boring and expensive country I’ve ever been to. I flew in to Jeddah from Istanbul to finish off my Middle East tour and I was disappointed. I did not do much research before hand of Saudi because I like to be surprised for whatever reason I was under the assumption that Saudi was the “Big Boy” of the Middle East and they would have more things going for it but outside of Riyadh and Jeddah all I saw was large landscapes of desert.

I spent 3 days in Jeddah and flew into Riyadh and did another 3 days there. This was during Ramadan so perhaps my stay was timed incorrectly but this was the first time I had to look on TripAdvisor just to find something to do. I walked the Jeddah promenade and saw the floating mosque. There were tons of families out breaking their fast and the city was much more laid back than I thought it would be.

Riyadh was slightly better but there still wasn’t much in terms of activities, I asked a local young taxi driver what do they do for fun and he said just eat, go to cafes, and smoke hookah. Definitely not my type of country , also booked my most expensive airbnb ever had nearly $50 a night for just a decent place. I have no plans of being back.