08 March 2012

A Lesson From the Chinese

With Last names like Lee and Kim, I am thinking the Chinese and the Korean have a point.  I imagine if there is list somewhere of the worlds longest street names, several streets in Saudi are probably at the top of the list. For one thing, every Prince, and there are thousands, has as street named after him.  As a result there are many streets such as:
Prince Hamoud Bin Abdulaziz Street
Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Street
Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Road
Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd Road
 You get the idea.  Then there are streets that give a message such as:
Custodian of The Two Holy Mosques Road
Teaching Hospital Street
And other names that for some reason are important enough for an extra long street sign:
Makkah Al Mukarramah
Salaheddin Al Ayoubi Street
Imam Mohammad Bin Saud Street
 Abu Al Mudahfar Al Samaany
Of course every street sign is in both Arabic and in English so with such long names the signs are not little.

While it doesn't happen often, there is sometimes snow in the North.


The local Hyper Panda Grocery Store. Now that's a shopping cart.  It serves as a great landmark.

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