King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Damman, Saudi Arabia
September 2011


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

Last Update: Norm Vaughan 2011/09/08