Any ladies traveled to Saudi Arabia?

[Keepingthefaith21]

My father is being sent to Saudi Arabia for work for 6 months (he will be allowed to come home for a week every 6-8 weeks over the course of his stay in Saudi Arabia). I would like to go out and visit while he is there. I am trying to find any other ladies who have traveled to Saudia Arabia to share their experiences.

Thanks!

 

[purrfectpear]

My company was going to send me out to Saudi for a year (I spoke a smattering of Arabic). The Saudi''s would not "accept" a woman representative

That pretty much tells you everything you need to know about women and Saudi.

 

[hibiscus]

Never been there but maybe this might be useful. http://www.wordtravels.com/Travelguide/Countries/Saudi+Arabia/Basics

 

[Keepingthefaith21]

Date: 10/6/2008 3:56:00 PM
Author: purrfectpear
My company was going to send me out to Saudi for a year (I spoke a smattering of Arabic). The Saudi''s would not ''accept'' a woman representative

That pretty much tells you everything you need to know about women and Saudi.

Thanks Purrfectpear. That was more or less what I figured

 

[bebe]

H almost accepted a position there many years ago. We couldn''t find suitable housing at that time, so we didn''t go. But I had many friends
who lived there and loved it. But you do have to live according to their rules, or at least that''s the way I knew it. Maybe the rules have
relaxed some, but not sure about that. As a visitor, I''m not sure what rules apply now.

 

[purrfectpear]

I don''t think the rules have relaxed much, if any. We finally sent a male manager. Unfortunately he was a fairly devout Christian. He was amazed to discover that it was illegal for him to even own a bible and could NOT bring one into the country, even as an American employee of an American corporation.

 

[Kaleigh]

Date: 10/6/2008 7:07:03 PM
Author: purrfectpear
I don''t think the rules have relaxed much, if any. We finally sent a male manager. Unfortunately he was a fairly devout Christian. He was amazed to discover that it was illegal for him to even own a bible and could NOT bring one into the country, even as an American employee of an American corporation.

Wow.

 

[diamondseeker2006]

I do not understand why we even do business with such oppressive governments.

 

[Apsara]

Date: 10/6/2008 9:29:33 PM
Author: diamondseeker2006
I do not understand why we even do business with such oppressive governments.

because they have all the oil and the money to bail us out.