Duba is our very last
stop of our trip. It is a small city in Saudi-Arabia on the northern Red Sea
and is in Tabuk Privince. This city is described as “The Pearl of the Red Sea”
by local citizens. We took the plane in Medina to Tabuk. Then, we took a taxi to
Duba. It took us 4 hours to reach Duba.
We decided to rest a
bit and not to visit a lot of monuments and so on. Because there is no local
public transport, we were obliged to rent a car of go with a taxi. Saudi-Arabia
is the world’s main oil exporting country so we thought it was interesting to
visit a port in Duba. The country has also the largest and most diversified
economy in the Middle East with industrial exports that are internationally
oriented. All ports in Saudi-Arabia are fully managed and operated on a
commercial basis by the private sector.
We visited the port
of Dhiba. The port is located at the north and of the Red Sea coast. It is a
natural harbour and is protected by hills on all three sides. It is also very
small and is a coastal breakwater. It is the nearest port to the Suez Canal and
other Egyptian ports. It is developed to serve the northwest region of the
Kingdom. There is also a hotel, supermarket and bank under construction inside
the Port Area.
The rest of the day
we were on the beach and we also went shopping for an hour because Thomas does
not like shopping that much.
When it was time to
go home, we had to go back to the airport of Tabuk. We travelled 3 hours with
our taxi. Then we took the plane to Zaventem. We had to fly for about 15 hours.
Because it was such a long flight, we slept on the plane during the flight so
we were not so tired when we arrived in Brussels. Then, we took a taxi to go
home.
Personally, I had a
great time traveling from East-Timor to Saudi-Arabia. I do not have a favourite
country because every country has something special.
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| Dhiba Port |
We indeed had some time to rest but I'm still suffering from a jetlag. I never liked traveling across time zones but after all, it was worth it. We'll maybe never have the opportunity to make such a wonderful business trip ever again.
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