Well, today my travel itinerary arrived from Houston along with my E-Tickets from Aramco. Tuesday, March 27th I am depart from Manchester, NH and fly to Houston via Cincinnati, Ohio. When I arrive in Houston I will meet 23 other fellow teacher/ travelers and we will be brought to a hotel in Houston for a day and a half orientation with our Aramco hosts and mentor teachers who have previously traveled to Saudi Arabia.
Thursday, March 29th, I will depart from Houston on a 9 hour and 20 minute flight to Amsterdam (5,014 miles). There I will have a FIVE hour layover before I travel another 6 hours on a flight from Amsterdam to Dammam, Saudi Arabia (another 2,925 miles). After over TWENTY hours of traveling, I should arrive in Saudi Arabia and I hope we are
scheduled for one LONG nap!
The travel plans inside the country have not been given to us, but I do know that I will be staying at the Al Faisaliah Hotel in Riyadh and the Jeddah Hilton. Check out my web links if you want to see pictures of these gorgeous hotel facilities. Notice the gorgeous health clubs. Unfortunately, as a woman traveler, I will not be able to use those health facilities as they are designated as men's only.
Please continue to check this site frequently so that you can travel with me and learn about life in Saudi Arabia!
Thursday, March 29th, I will depart from Houston on a 9 hour and 20 minute flight to Amsterdam (5,014 miles). There I will have a FIVE hour layover before I travel another 6 hours on a flight from Amsterdam to Dammam, Saudi Arabia (another 2,925 miles). After over TWENTY hours of traveling, I should arrive in Saudi Arabia and I hope we are
scheduled for one LONG nap!The travel plans inside the country have not been given to us, but I do know that I will be staying at the Al Faisaliah Hotel in Riyadh and the Jeddah Hilton. Check out my web links if you want to see pictures of these gorgeous hotel facilities. Notice the gorgeous health clubs. Unfortunately, as a woman traveler, I will not be able to use those health facilities as they are designated as men's only.
Please continue to check this site frequently so that you can travel with me and learn about life in Saudi Arabia!
8 comments:
The Velino Family wrote -
Your BLOG page looks fantastic Mrs. Hinrichs.
It has loads of information already.
I'm sure your students are excited to hear more as you travel. Have a wonderful trip.
I hope you have a fabulous adventure! Women's culture is what interests me. I look forward to hearing about it.
I'm Doug Hoffman from the central Oregon coast and an ARAMCO/IIE participant from the last trip in November 2006. I'll be following your BLOG throughout so that I can relive my experience vitually!
Hi Its Sammy J.
Trip sounds exciting can't wait to hear about it when you get there. The airport looks awesome!!! Bye Bye Bye
that looks like a really nice place!!!!!! it doesnt look real!
It looks like you got the fanciest hotel in Texas! It is a good thing that you get alot of rest before leaving. ONe question were you nervous before you left the hotel to Saudi Arabia.
-Tony Barksdale
hi it's conor casey,
how is saudi arabia? It must be fun to travel to another part of the world. well i have to go do homework hope you have fun for the rest of your trip.
see ya
Assalam' alaikoom!
Hi Mrs. Hinrichs! I have a couple questions. First of all, is the food they serve you there really exotic? Also, at what age do girls have to start wearing burkas? Do the burkas come in any different colors other than black? Are the burkas comfy? Your trip sounds amazing so far! Have an awesome trip.
Libby Bacher
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