WEB DESIGN, LAYOUT, PHOTOGRAPHS AND ARTICLES

Mohammad Nowfal
The Author

The idea behind designing this site is to extend my travel and trekking experiences in Saudi Arabia among those enthusiasts who love to travel through the land and learn its people, culture,  evident histories and appreciate its exquisite landscapes.

Ever since I explored this land, its pages were increasing. The wealth of sights and sounds this part of Arabian Peninsula bestows is rewarding.

Born in India and completing my 11 years in the Kingdom as an expatriate, the wonders that Saudi Arabia gifted me are more than my words can express.

I tried my best to blend my travel and photographic experiences in this site. With very limited time available, I don't find it easy to bring all my travel stories into life at a stretch. Instead, I will populate the site's pages on a regular basis as time permits. Moreover, there is a lot more I have to travel and to be seen in the Kingdom.

This site is compliant with Internet Explorer and so you may find a few layout issues while viewing it using browsers like Mozilla Firefox & Safari.

Hope you enjoy...

TRIBUTE

All my praises are to The God Almighty.

I am so grateful to my Mom, Ayisha Mohammadali, for the genuine love she taught me throughout my life and to my Dad, Mohammadali, for giving ears to listen the stories of my travels and for the unbelievable encouragement in putting it in writing.

To my uncles and brothers who were of superfluous support and guidance throughout the cycle of my life.

And to my wife, Shijna Nowfal, for all her assistance and inspiration in making things easy.

CO-TREKKERS

For each trek I had my friends, randomly, who were of great help in making the trips pleasant ones. Ashraf Thenari, Hassan, Qaid Jowhar, Sadaruddin, Jim Norton, Arun Kumar, Saleem, Mohammad Sajid, Ashoor Babu, Muzafer Ahmed, Mohammad Kutti, Mohammad Haseeb, Aboobacker, Shanoj, Noushad, Nijas, Anwar, Shihab Vilayil and Kunhi Mohammed of Farasan Islands are to be remembered here. And of course, last but not least, I am so grateful to those co-trekkers that are missing in the list.

THANKS

My thanks to the local people of the respective area of my visit, for their love, hospitality and interest in outpouring information. My sincere thanks to Dr. Ahmed, dept. of Archeology and Museology of King Saud University for providing abundant information on Qaryat Al Faw and other Archeological sites and to Dr. Abdullah Al Amri, prof. of Geophysics of KSU for identifying the fossils and providing related information.

Finally to Mr. Mohammad Al Qahtani and his little son, Sanad, of Jelah who took us and our vehicle out of the desert storm where we were trapped for more than three and half hours.