Kingdom Here I Come...

Tomorrow I'm off to Saudi Arabia for the next 10 weeks or so. I've included a few facts about the Kingdom along with my contact information below:

Saudi Facts:

Location: Bordering the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, north of Yemen

Climate: Desert, extreme heat

Terrain: Mostly uninhabited, sandy desert

Capital: Riyadh

Government: Islamic absolute monarch

Language: Arabic

Religion: Islam

Population: 29M

Literacy rate: 78.8%

Median Age: 21.6

Favorite food: Lamb kabobs, khobz (unleavened bread)

Drink of choice: ...

World Rankings:

GDP: 23 ($585B)

Unemployment rate: 126 (11.6%)

Infant mortality rate 148 (11.57 deaths/1,000 live births)

Life expectancy: 69 (76.3 years)

Oil Reserves: 1

Foreign Policy’s list of Least Free Countries: 17

Playboy’s list of top towns for singles, Riyadh: 9,895

My Contact Information

Address

Hotel Al Khozama

Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Cell

966-56310-8710 (in case you want to make a really expensive call)

E-mail

travis.danysh@gmail.com

travis_danysh@monitor.com

I’ll do my best to update with pics / commentary frequently. That’s all for now.