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Jeddah - the
Corniche
Jeddah has a
coastline of 80 kms
from north to south,
most of it with
concrete roading and
called The Corniche
(or Courniche or Cornich
or Korniche or Kourniche
or
Kornich, there are
signs of almost
every spelling
around Jeddah). It has
many interesting art
forms, as well as
many of Jeddah's
incredible roundabouts.
Other 'oddities'
include:
-
lights previously
seen in the north
west holiday resort
of Blackpool, in
England (the
Blackpool
Illuminations)
-
the
streets with no
name (plenty of
rusting street
lights, but
absolutely
nothing else)
-
Patriot
missiles
-
camels
and their
shepherds (?) to
the south
-
great
mounds of corn
to the south
(that blow all
over the roads),
and
-
also
to the south,
the Mecca Wreck.
A great diving
site, when the
wreck went down
they apparently
sent out a barge
to bring it back
up. This sunk,
so they
apparently sent
out a barge to
bring both the
wreck and the
barge back up.
This also sank,
so they left
them all be.
What shows above
the waterline is
the second
barge. The walk
out talks 45
minutes, with
the water too
shallow to drag
your kit and too
deep walk out
easily. It's
also right next
to the Naval
Base, so diving
isn't allowed,
something which
the Coastguard
are eager to
share with you!
But the diving
is worth it,
especially for
the giant moray
eel, and ability
to go through
the wreck.
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