Ersatz Expat
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I was born in the Netherlands to a Dutch/Irish Family. Since then I have lived in Norway, Nigeria, Turkey and Venezuela. Our current home is in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. This blog is about how we muddle through daily life as expats and how things have changed from the adventures of my childhood.
Ersatz Expat
5y ago
Maden Saleh has been in the news a lot recently (at least here in Saudi Arabia). Most people will have heard of Petra, the famous Nabatean site in Jordan. Sadly Jordan is not a place we have ever been able to visit, although it is on our bucket list, but we hear from people who have been there that Petra is a truly amazing location. Maden Saleh is its ‘little sister’, the second and southernmost city of the Nabatean empire. We had wanted to visit this mysterious place, 800 kilometres to the north of Jeddah and close to the town of Al Ula for some time. A little while ago we heard tha ..read more