This group of villas was under construction with an ugly barrier in front of them, which I just had to cut out. Considering the vast amount of desert in and around Riyadh, it seemed odd to me that the homes were built so close together.

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Another gallery I never finished was this one, of palatial residences in Riyadh. Not every Saudi lives in a palace, although some do and many come pretty close. They all have gates, some of which appear in “The Gates of Riyadh” gallery, too, but in these I tried to show more of the houses to give an idea of how people live there. I must add that our house in Riyadh was nothing like any of these ;-).

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly unsharp.

‘I want to go for a walk NOW,’ posted earlier: