Hilary McCormackApr 272 minEid Mubarak from Saudi ArabiaThis year the holy month of Ramadan, the Christian festival of Easter, and Jewish Passover overlapped for the first time in my lifetime,...
Hilary McCormackMar 222 minSaudi Cup 2022The Saudi Cup, held annually on Saturday 26th February, is run over nine furlongs (1800 meters) on a dirt track and is the richest horse...
Hilary McCormackFeb 152 minSaudi Diamond HuntingThis fun day out is easy to arrange whether you have a 4x4 or an SUV with city tires (if you drive with caution on the rough stuff). You...
Hilary McCormackJan 191 minAdrenaline junkies and music fansThe Saudi leg of 2021/22 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship kicked off in Diriyah, Riyadh, for two nights of spectacular e-car racing...
Hilary McCormackJan 122 minDakar 2022"A challenge for those who go. A dream for those who stay behind." Thierry Sabine The Paris Dakar (or Dakar Rally as it is known today)...
Hilary McCormackJan 35 minDubai, home to dreamers & believers"If you can dream it, you can do it" Walt Disney. Having navigated the various covid travel hoops and hurdles for a weekend in Dubai, I...
Hilary McCormackDec 19, 20213 minA full moon 'party' in the Ad Dahna super bowl"Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars." J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings Don't think Thailand is the only place you can...
Hilary McCormackOct 29, 20214 minThe return of the wild geese!On October 3rd, 2021, I walked through the doors of Dublin airport for the first time in nineteen months. The sun was shining through the...
Hilary McCormackSep 26, 20215 min“Wild” camping and hiking in Jebal Ibrahim, Makkah Province"Wild" camping is camping outside of a traditional managed camping site. It is allowed across much of Europe, especially near scenic...
Hilary McCormackAug 29, 20214 minA date safari in Al-Qassim"A family with dates will never be hungry." If you want to taste some of the most delicious Arabic dates in the Middle East region, then...
Hilary McCormackAug 19, 20212 minA celebration of Arabic Calligraphy“Calligraphy is an art form that uses ink and a brush to express the very souls of words on paper.” When I was a kid, having nice...
Hilary McCormackJul 31, 20211 minStreet Art, RiyadhThe location is Jax Yard, a Ministry of Culture project in the making. It is not hard to see what this area could be like in the near...
Hilary McCormackJul 5, 20215 minA girlie weekend in RiyadhJuly 2021: It is pretty hot here in Riyadh now, but if you check the weather reports, you will see that some parts of America are just as...
Hilary McCormackJun 15, 20214 minIthra by Aramco"What makes you different makes you beautiful". For my June birthday this year, instead of flying out to celebrate with family and...
Hilary McCormackMay 23, 20216 minBahrain, sweet and saltyBahrain is a Kingdom nation that sits at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. It is an archipelago consisting of 51...
Hilary McCormackApr 12, 20211 minA Star dusted night in the Saudi desert“Only in the darkness can you see the stars” Martin Luther King Jr. The location of this overnight desert trip is west of the village of...
Hilary McCormackMar 14, 20213 minGolfing Saudi…The first golf in Saudi was played on 'greens' resourcefully fashioned out of stretches of sand primed with oil by some of the ex-pats...
Hilary McCormackMar 4, 20216 minIs coronavirus the perfect camouflage for online scammers?“The number one rule of thieves is, nothing is too small to steal" I bet you are thinking, this is a funny travel subject to write about?...
Hilary McCormackFeb 21, 20212 minThe wild Iris of Tumayr'The Iris takes its name from the Greek word for rainbow; it was also the name for a beautiful young Greek goddess who legend explains...
Hilary McCormackFeb 2, 20215 minYanbu Blues“I've been & am absurdly over-estimated. There are no supermen & I'm quite ordinary, & will say so whatever the artistic results. In that...