# I cannot Leave Saudi Arabia **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 9, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-leave-saudi-arabia/455824 "2008-07-09T13:50:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-leave-saudi-arabia/455824/181 "2008-07-19T20:39:53Z")
Woo! So, decided on a new username yet? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2008, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-leave-saudi-arabia/455824/182 "2008-07-20T03:17:28Z")
[QUOTE=Desert Nomad] What kind of work do you do in Yemen? Sanaā€™a, Aden or someplace small? Certainly your money goes much, much father in Yemen than in Dubai, but it is a vastly different place. Iā€™d work there for less than 6 figures (but not much less). Of course I actually _like_ the Mid Eastā€¦ tho Yemen would be a bit of a hardship place to live. [/QUOTE] Iā€™m out in the desert, so I donā€™t see many towns and cities in Yemen. Al Qaida recently said that all tourists in Yemen are fair game as are all oil facilities. There is continuous fighting in the North between the government and the Houthiā€™s. There are demonstrations in the South, supposedly organized by the former South Yemen military leaders, and prices are rising while, their only real source of outside income, oil is depleting. Iā€™d not recommend coming here to visit or work at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2008, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-leave-saudi-arabia/455824/183 "2008-07-20T03:17:45Z")
Welcome back. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2008, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-leave-saudi-arabia/455824/184 "2008-07-20T04:04:30Z")
[QUOTE=MEBuckner] OK, people, we need a _logo_ here, letā€™s hop to it! And a catchy title. [/QUOTE] Well, the storyā€™s over, but Production was so proud of their hard work that I didnā€™t want to disappoint themā€¦ [http://picasaweb.google.com/nametagger/Public/photo#5224940734842385282](http://picasaweb.google.com/nametagger/Public/photo#5224940734842385282) ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-leave-saudi-arabia/455824/185 "2008-07-20T04:49:38Z")
[QUOTE=Uzi] Iā€™d not recommend coming here to visit or work at the moment. [/QUOTE] Iā€™m glad I moved to somewhere safer. ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2008, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-leave-saudi-arabia/455824/186 "2008-07-20T05:15:32Z")
[QUOTE=Tapioca Dextrin] Iā€™m glad I moved to somewhere safer. [/QUOTE] Hey, whereā€™d you go to? Do they have any openings (notice, I didnā€™t wait to hear where he is currently)? Iā€™m not to worried about this area at the moment. Marib is tense. Apparently, some terrorists blew themselves up trying to figure out how a mortar worked (dropped the pointy end in the tube first I expect!) in an attack against the old Hunt facilities over there. Mukhalla has also had some demonstrations. The ones in Aden were nasty as the police opened fire on the crowd and several were killed. It is a shame really. Very nice people. Superb beaches if only they could be allowed to open them up to tourists. The sea life is amazing, from the few videos Iā€™ve seen. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2008, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-leave-saudi-arabia/455824/187 "2008-07-20T07:57:26Z")
[QUOTE=Uzi] Iā€™m out in the desert, so I donā€™t see many towns and cities in Yemen. Al Qaida recently said that all tourists in Yemen are fair game as are all oil facilities. There is continuous fighting in the North between the government and the Houthiā€™s. There are demonstrations in the South, supposedly organized by the former South Yemen military leaders, and prices are rising while, their only real source of outside income, oil is depleting. Iā€™d not recommend coming here to visit or work at the moment. [/QUOTE] I had read that fighting in the north (Saada) was ā€œoverā€ not sure how ā€œoverā€. Shame - since on our last visit to Yemen, my wife spent most of the time in the hospital and hotel with bronchitis. We had hoped to return in the fall. ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2008, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-leave-saudi-arabia/455824/188 "2008-07-20T12:16:10Z")
[QUOTE=Desert Nomad] I had read that fighting in the north (Saada) was ā€œoverā€ not sure how ā€œoverā€. [/QUOTE] The rumor now is that the government is suppressing news of the fighting in that area. It is pretty continuous, although maybe not at a high intensity. At least this is what Iā€™ve been led to believe. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2008, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-leave-saudi-arabia/455824/189 "2008-07-20T14:58:42Z")
[QUOTE=Nametag] Well, the storyā€™s over, but Production was so proud of their hard work that I didnā€™t want to disappoint themā€¦ [http://picasaweb.google.com/nametagger/Public/photo#5224940734842385282](http://picasaweb.google.com/nametagger/Public/photo#5224940734842385282) [/QUOTE] Thatā€™s very nice work, **Nametag**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-leave-saudi-arabia/455824.md?page=9)