A short stint in Saudi (and QR Doha Stopover)

[jase05]

This today from the BBC.

Saudi Arabia is lifting the alcohol ban for wealthy foreigners

Saudi Arabia has started to allow wealthy foreign residents to buy alcohol, will tourists soon be allowed to do the same?

www.bbc.com

Whilst they are moving forward I just done everything see a day where it’s open slather.
The friends we have stayed with in Jeddah still maintain that the day will never come where alcohol is freely available in the Kingdom.
Resorts will eventually open up for tourists that serve alcohol but it certainly won’t get to levels like Qatar or others

 

[RooFlyer]

This today from the BBC.

Thanks. It says

Yet despite the ban, for decades, alcohol has circulated out of public view – from homemade brews to imported labels – consumed at private parties, in gated residential compounds, and in well-stocked Saudi homes.

I’ve told the story before. When we visited in 1994, the Australian trade commissioner invited us to dinner at his place. The booze was laid on and he told us that once a year each embassy is allowed to import a container load of booze which was then swapped around all the missions.