Expat in Riyadh

After the training sessions, there has been some spare time to walk around in the city. Here are some pictures from Genova downtown:

This week I'm attending a training in Genova. The training is about Network Design and Operation and Maintenance of Ericsson's STM-1...

Seoul is South Korea's capital and largest city, with a population of over 10 million. The Seoul Capital Area has 24 millions inhabitant...

As I wrote in my last post, last Tuesday we had another FAT, this time in Seoul, South Korea, on the Optical Junction boxes, used to accomod...

The 3 weeks absence from this blog was due to my 2 week vacation in Brazil. I'm now back in Saudi but just for a couple of days. Tomorro...

This weekend, we discovered a karting track in Riyadh. We were 18 people, did qualifying and a 20 minutes race. Definitely going again!!

Picture taken recently, somewhere on the highway outside of Riyadh. If the picture is not funny enough on its own, I can add that it was tak...

After a week in Portugal and 3 days in Germany, I'm now back to Saudi, where the temperatures are perfect now, which feels great after 3...

Today, weekend in Saudi, we went for another trip to the desert. We went to the Red Sand Dunes area, 80km West of Riyadh, where we were told...

I'm back in Saudi Arabia since the 9th, after 3 fantastic weeks in Portugal. Trying to get back to normal here. Lots of work was awaitin...

Last Thursday and Friday I was in Edinburgh, Scotland again. From Saudi to Scotland and back to Saudi. The reason was the same as last time,...

The picture below is the visible face of the censorship in Saudi Arabia. This page pops-up when you try to open pages or contens which are o...

Yesterday afternoon (weekend here), I went to the National Museum in Riyadh. Those who know me know that sooner or later I would have to go ...

The last couple of days have been of public holidays here in Saudi Arabia because of the Hajj. We have been working anyway though; will comp...

I leave you some pictures of last weekend trip to Dubai. The last one shows a lot of abandoned cars, abandoned by their foreign owners escap...

Last weekend, 3 colleagues and I went to Dubai. Much I had heard and read before about Dubai. Now, so close to Dubai, just 1.30h flying, I h...

Yesterday I went to the 'The Golden Age of Arabic Science' exhibition, hosted by the King Saud University in Riyadh. For most wester...

This is the islamic prayer room at our office in Riyadh. In Saudi Arabia, by law, offices of a certain size must have a prayer room. It came...

The FAT was a success. Not only did all the tests pass with distinction as the customer was very satisfied with what he saw. The optical cab...

I arrived in Edinburgh Monday afternoon and we still had some daylight (and no rain) to see a little of the city and go to the Edinburgh Cas...

I finally got my visa last week. That means I'm going back to Saudi soon. I'm leaving Portugal today but will go to Scotland first f...

This is the piece of paper missing in my passport and the reason for not having returned to Saudi yet. I need a new one since this one has e...

I'm currently in Portugal and I just came from the gas station to fill my tank. I think I spent more money for gas the last week than in...