KAUST Tour.

Our tour of the KAUST site, took place the morning of our second day in KSA. It was a one hour bus ride from Jeddah. The drive out there was pretty much what I expected, there was lots of sand, and not a lot else. We did see quite a few camels though and learned that there are actually 3 kinds of Dromedary camels. There are the ones you normally think of, the brown one humped camels, but there are also black ones and white ones. I did not know...

While on our tour of KAUST we took as many pictures as we could so that we could remember what it really looked like and show everyone else our future home.

I am just going to make a random list of all the things about the tour and the site, I hope that the pictures will give a good idea of what it was like.

-there are currently 35,000 construction workers working in 3 shifts 24/7

-there are 3 cement plants on site

-the golf course is already green

-there is an on site green house for all the plants that will be used in the landscaping

-the stadium has a royal box for visiting royalty

-they say it is on schedule to be ready for the September opening, if it all goes as planned the whole thing with have been completed in less than 3 years.

-there are Italian marble floors in the houses

-all the yards have underground sprinklers

-in the 4 bedroom houses each bedroom has it's own bathroom

-KASUT is 16 square km in size, but more of a rectangle shape with lots of shore line along the Red Sea. To drive from one end to the other would be about the same as driving from one end of Salmon Arm to the other.
-KAUST also includes 16 square km of the Red Sea

-there will be multiple swimming beaches along the sea with lifeguards
-there are 3 different styles of houses, Italian, Mediterranean and Asian
-many of the houses have maids quarters with separate entrances and bathrooms

Onto some pictures, some of the captions are longer, if you put your mouse over the picture it will pause to you can read what I have written.

We sure are excited to see the finished product, to find out which house will be ours, and where it will be located within KAUST. We are also looking forward to seeing what the shopping areas, restaurants and recreation areas will actually be like. It is so neat to be a part of something so new and never really been done before. What an adventure!