King Fahad's Fountain
- By Jane Henninger
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- 02 Jul, 2023
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Saturday night entertainment
Locals gather Saturday night to share friendship and close personal time on the Al-Hamra Corniche with King Fahad's Fountain in the background.
The fountain shoots a jet of Red Sea saltwater into the sky over 800 feet (225 meters) as a nighttime display.
Shops and restaurants are available both on the corniche (city park) and across the boulevard. The food offered varies from small food truck specialties to full gourmet sit-down dining, including several now international franchises, e.g., McDonalds and Baskin-Robbins.
The fountain shoots a jet of Red Sea saltwater into the sky over 800 feet (225 meters) as a nighttime display.
Shops and restaurants are available both on the corniche (city park) and across the boulevard. The food offered varies from small food truck specialties to full gourmet sit-down dining, including several now international franchises, e.g., McDonalds and Baskin-Robbins.
We chose dine at the Saedi Fish at 2128 Al Kurnaysh Br Rd, 7281. The Egyptian owner, Mohseh, offers fresh seafood, primarily fried, which is chosen from his in restaurant's, iced display counter. Your choice is weighed for you and prepared for the in-store dining room, for take-out, or for delivery with a wide variety of side dishes. Ours was fried, as was the custom of the house. We added a single serving of fish soup and received flat bread, sauces, and French fries as our appetizer. We selected the house brown rice to add to our fish main course.
After we finished our dinner, we walked back to the Address Al-Hamra Hotel. As we did in Venice, years ago, we got lost but, with the aid of a concierge at another nearby hotel, we found it and had missed the hotel by less the a half mile (700 meters).
Often tone, volume, and non-verbal clues can increase your understanding of the local activities as you travel.
A composite of several encounters in our first 6 months of this yearlong adventure.
A composite of several encounters in our first 6 months of this yearlong adventure.
The pillars and center cap are reminders of the Buddhist sacred elements: Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Space. Earth - the large rectangular base. Water - the lotus petals. Fire - the flame tips at the corners. Air - the vase shape. Space - the tapering peak.
This really was on the way from Vientiane to Luan Probang, Laos. This ferry is built with empty, plastic storage drums and uses the flow of the Nam Xong River to push it from shore to shore along an anchoring cable. No fuel needed. No moving parts. And low exterior maintenance.
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Therefore, we are changing out postings to almost exclusively show photographic images with short captions while seeking to post more days to make up for our almost 2 month backlog.
For those wishing to view narratives, please, friend and/or follow Jane on Facebook as https://www.facebook.com/jane.henninger
Today is Don’s Birthday!
I had bought a birthday card for him that I actually knew where it was and had it for the trip, but it was about camping and it was supposed to be when were in New Zealand or Australia. I bought it a good year before the trip. At least I had a card for him.
Today we are taking a Thai cooking class at a farm where they grow some of the produce. We are going to a market before to learn what the local products are. Don loves taking pictures at markets so this will be a good start to his day.
I had bought a birthday card for him that I actually knew where it was and had it for the trip, but it was about camping and it was supposed to be when were in New Zealand or Australia. I bought it a good year before the trip. At least I had a card for him.
Today we are taking a Thai cooking class at a farm where they grow some of the produce. We are going to a market before to learn what the local products are. Don loves taking pictures at markets so this will be a good start to his day.
Don woke and returned to the Plaza of the Three Kings for the early morning sunlight to best light the statue. To his surprise a worker was busily placing flower leis and golden sash belts on the statues. This helped bright the scene greatly
After our now standard noodle breakfast, we engaged a local taxi driver to take us outside the ancient city walls with their protective moat to both Wat Umong, the Tunnel Temple, and Wat Sri Suphan, the Silver Temple. After breakfast there were two other Wats I wanted to see. One was the silver wat and the other was outside the old city in caves on the outskirts of Chiang Mai. We got a cab to take us to the cave one and had him wait so he could take us to the one in town.
After our now standard noodle breakfast, we engaged a local taxi driver to take us outside the ancient city walls with their protective moat to both Wat Umong, the Tunnel Temple, and Wat Sri Suphan, the Silver Temple. After breakfast there were two other Wats I wanted to see. One was the silver wat and the other was outside the old city in caves on the outskirts of Chiang Mai. We got a cab to take us to the cave one and had him wait so he could take us to the one in town.
We cleaned up after playing with the elephants in the river and went to check out several local Buddhist Temples of interest.
On the way back to the hotel yesterday, July 20th, we had discovered Wat Inthakhin Sadue Muang almost in the middle of the street, but Don had been too tired to appreciate it and he did not take any pictures, then.
