Comments on: Missing the Strangest Things in Saudi Arabia

By: Marshmallow Cream is NOW Available in Saudi Arabia! « American Bedu

Marshmallow Cream is NOW Available in Saudi Arabia! « American Bedu — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:50:32 +0000

[...] Fal Tamimi in Riyadh! As some of you may recall, a short time back I had even written an earlier post on how much I was missing the fact I could not readily purchase Marshmallow Cream and make [...]

By: American Bedu

American Bedu — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:59:14 +0000

HS – thanks for the tip that advil is available. I’ll keep an eye out for it.

And on a very bright note I am so THRILLED to announce (thanks to our very own Riyadh Mom) that I have some American smarties to munch on!!!!!! She discovered that Tamimi (Safeway) actually has them in the imported bags of mixed candies for Halloween!

By: hissweetheart

hissweetheart — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:53:04 +0000

Though I am Saudi, but I always find myself looking for the imported suff at Safeway lol. Being used to eating it and suddenly not finding it is a problem I know!!

Advil is out there at every drugstore sweetie!! It’s the best pain killer I have ever seen!!

By: Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:14:07 +0000

yay!!

By: American Bedu

American Bedu — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:47:08 +0000

Excellent — we have an “in-house resident expert” on Damman/Al Khobar!

By: ummadam

ummadam — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:39:53 +0000

Ask and you shall receive. Rashid Mall (Carrefour) has a Footlocker and Mall of Dharan (Geants) has an Athletes Foot.

By: American Bedu

American Bedu — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:14:47 +0000

Andrea,

The Tamimi (Safeway) carries liquid and powdered laundry soap such as Tide and All. And at least in Riyadh there are a number of athletic stores to include Adidas and Nike with excellent athletic shoes.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:11:04 +0000

So far all I’ve noticed is a lack of liquid laundry soap with no dyes or perfumes (All or Tide), and really REALLY good quality athletic shoes. where oh where…

By: American Bedu

American Bedu — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:15:10 +0000

Reuters like this post:

http://www.reuters.com/article/blogBurst/health?bbPostId=B6kcqoGH9Pf8Bzn7nRZ5sNNoCz88Xb20eBtSeB5PU4E9CIODE

By: Riyadh Mom

Riyadh Mom — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:59:41 +0000

@Siwash – I lived in Saudi as far back as 1978 – 1982 and my family traveled almost all over the place in Saudi and never faced those problems.
Now I’ve been here for almost 5.5 years and have no problems travelling anywhere within the kingdom or across the border to Bahrain etc. (I do need the exit visa of course, but that’s just about it).

But it would be interesting to know why you had to go through that? Seems pretty strange.