This weekend I am all about baggage. I need to travel with as little as possible and bring extra luggage for the return trip. We have been told that we will be given many gifts.
While I have a basic suitcase, I need to get a messenger bag to carry all of the things that I will need to have with me throughout the day. So we went to REI and investigated their options. Too many choices.
The guest bed is now the staging area for this excursion. I had to buy little bottles of vitamins and aspirin – The Saudis want everything to be in its original packaging.
And then there are the electronics. I bought a new camera this week. Cameras today sure have lots of bells and whistles. I don’t
need all those fancy features- but I do want to take great pictures. I also will bring my computer so I can upload pictures to this blog at night. I hope I can take movies with the same camera.Then there are the things you can’t bring. The visa application stated rather emphatically that the penalty for drug possession is death. Visitors can not bring any symbols or literature of any religion beside Islam. That includes jewelry, books, etc. No liquor is allowed in the country. And no reading, music, or videos that are considered to be vulgar or obscene are allowed. I don’t have any problem with these rules – I just want to make sure that I don’t accidentally have anything on my ipod or in a book that someone in Saudi Arabia would find offensive.
