The Red Sea Mall Theme Park!

On the third floor of this huge mall is a kids theme park. It was like a mini-Disney World (minus Mickey mouse). As we entered, we were greeted by kid sized motorized pets. For 10 Riyals (about $2) a guy put the kids on top and pushed the kids around for 5 minutes. They loved it!

Since we had to go grocery shopping, and it was already 11 pm, we let the kids choose 1 ride. They chose the 4-D movie, complete with 3-d glasses and motion seats. We lucked out that all 3 chose the same ride!

Here are some of the rides there:

-roller coaster
-water coaster
-haunted house
-rocking ship
-bumper cars
-mini train
-whale ride
-frog ride
-huge playground
-tons of arcade games
- 4-D motion theater

There is also a cafe and prize store there too.

So, after our 30 minutes here, we went shopping at the Danube grocery store and left at 12:30am. Then, I swung by "The Body Shop" on the way out. I love these late night shopping trips!

Places to Eat in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

So, I have lived a short time in Taipei, Taiwan and also Almaty, Kazakhstan. When I was in Taipei, it was KFC, Domino's and Subway that were my comfort foods. I would travel 3o minutes on the subway to find American food. In Kazakhstan, it was McDonald's that made me happy when I missed home. It looks like in Saudi Arabia, I will have many more choices.

This is the Jeddah Mall McDonald's

Pizza Hut TGI Friday's

Baskin Robbins Fudrucker's

Chili's Hardee's

KFC Drive thru at Burger King

Papa John's Pizza

OMG- Starbuck's.....I am so excited! The building above is right across from Sohail's office building.

Ok-I just asked Sohail, "What is a Singles Section?" This is very interesting. Every restaurant has a singles section and a families section. So instead of being asked "Do you want smoking or non-smoking, you will choose either singles or family section. Why? This is to prevent the mingling of women and men. "So, how do unmarried people meet?" I just asked Sohail. He said, "They really don't. It's arranged through the parents." I guess this will make it more "safe" for me and the kids to go to Starbuck's. I will not have to be worried about another man hitting on me or asking me out. That's good for a married woman.