The Diplomatic Quarter hosts all the foreign diplomatic missions in Riyadh as well as staff and their families along with some of the other foreigners working here, but there are also a large number of Saudis residing on the DQ, considered a desirable place to live in the capital city. Therefore, it’s amazing to me how empty the streets can be on a Saturday afternoon. Granted, the embassies are closed, but you’d think people would be out and about, at least in their air-conditioned cars!

I will catch up with comments soon; I’ve just had a lot of work to do this morning (even though I have a day off from the newspaper). Plus PBase running so slowly for me, it’s incredibly time consuming right now to even comment or respond to comments. Anybody else having this problem? I complained to them, but haven’t heard back yet.

A park walkway, posted earlier: