King
Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Damman, Saudi Arabia
September 2011
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With
the Rector (President) of KFUPM |
The
KFUPM Campus |
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Blended
learning workshop |
Participants
looking on during the workshop |
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Entrance
to the main lecture hall |
Enjoying
some sunshine after my keynote presentation |
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Entrance
to KFUPM |
Main
buildings of KFUPM |
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The
reservoir rock of the largest oil reserves in the world - limestone reef
with up to 35% porosity |
Ministry
of Petroleum and Minerals which borders KFUPM |
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Dhahran
Techno Valley - Research Park being constructed adjacent to KFUPM |
Merging
traffic on a highway |
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En
route to Bahrain |
Causeway
from Saudia Arabia to Bahrain |
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Arriving
at the Customs and Immigration Island |
Halfway
point to Bahrain |
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Construction
of another shopping mall in Al Khobar |
Construction
of an entire neighbourhood in Al Khobar |
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Inside
an Al Khobar shopping mall (where are the signs for the women's washroom?) |
Purchasing
an oud - Middle Eastern guitar |
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Testing
out an oud for purchase |
Street
scene in Al Khobar |
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The
view from my Le Meridien Hotel Room |
Temperature
beginning to cool below 100 F :) |
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Our
evening dinner buffet at the hotel restaurant |
Mathew
selecting one of the many entrees |
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Seafood
salads with the carved mango |
Meat
salads with the carved mangos |
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Residential
home |
The
joy of car for every Saudi family when the price of gas is $0.30 per gallon |