Yesterday was Friday, the weekly day of rest in the Gulf countries, and it feels exactly as a Sunday in the Western countries – obviously except for the morning headache! The sun was high and bright when we got up, so we thought a nice walk along the Corniche would be perfect.
The city of Al-Jubail actually has two corniches (seaside roads). Unfortunately, the older corniche faces the high chimneys of Jubail’s industrial corridor, the biggest in Saudi Arabia, hosting 160 industrial companies. Did we really want this kind of view on a sunny Friday afternoon? Not really!
So we headed to another park with its own little corniche, near the new city centre of Jubail. It’s made up of several malls, restaurants, boutiques, banks, etc. in buildings not older than 10 years old and with very neat streets, unlike the old city centre (which will be worth a whole article as soon as I get the chance!).
Have a nice week end!
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