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the things we saw.

The Saudis are crazy people when it comes to driving - they prefer big American cars - especially Buicks and Chevy Caprices! Chevy Suburbans and Blazers seem to be really popular too, as are Cadillacs. They cut in front of each other at 50 MPH, cut each other off - I was surprised we didn’t see any accidents. It was around 1800 here, dark out already, and we didn’t see any women at first. Then we saw some out, wearing a complete black “abaya”, the dress that covers from head to toes, and including a veil for the entire face, so you never see any part of the woman. Some of the men wore the traditional robes and headdress, but alot were dressed in Western-style clothes. It was an interesting experience.
We got the vehicles at the port, then drove back through all that mess - fortunately, there were no accidents - we just let the Saudi