Going to Saudi Arabia? Here's a package of basic information and tools that will prepare you in your journey in the Kingdom. We compiled some of our most informative entries written (with mostly Filipinos in mind), and also some info/guides/tips websites sourced all over the interwebs to help you in the adventure that is Saudi Arabia.
If you want to hear it straight from the Pink Tarha ladies, visit the following sites for basic instructions:
How To Fly Home
Riyadh Living
Addressing Addresses
How To Find Your Way in Riyadh
Taxi Talk
How To Ride a Taxi in Riyadh
Taxi Tales Addendum
How To Renew Your Passports in Riyadh (For Filipinos)
How To Pay Your SSS and Pag-Ibig (For Filipinos)
How To Be More Than Just Desert Housewives
How To Keep Your Skin Moisturized in the Desert
Riyadh Living
Addressing Addresses
How To Find Your Way in Riyadh
Taxi Talk
How To Ride a Taxi in Riyadh
Taxi Tales Addendum
How To Renew Your Passports in Riyadh (For Filipinos)
How To Pay Your SSS and Pag-Ibig (For Filipinos)
How To Be More Than Just Desert Housewives
How To Keep Your Skin Moisturized in the Desert
For Filipinos, it is important to keep the Philippine Embassy to Saudi Arabia in your tab. The website is http://philembassy-riyadh.org/.
If you're coming as a tourist (seriously?! :), you might want to read http://www.lonelyplanet.com/saudi-arabia. Yes, yes, the good 'ol Lonely Planet. Can't find any other travel guide website that has a feature on Saudi Arabia... only Culture Shock! (Not surprising, huh!)
If you want to soak on the local opinions and intelligent musings, visit the following websites of Saudis and other foreign expats:
