Mountain Island !



At the Jetty ~!



Father and Son!

The island looks like a small mountain, hence the name: Mountain Island! 

Fishermen...casting net~!

This weekend, we checked into Al Ahlam Resort in Al Lith, not far from the farm where I work.

It has been a while since I have had the intention to bring my family for a weekend stay at the resort. It looks nice, with its own huge pool and its private beach.

Alas, the reality shocked us. When we checked in, we discovered to our horror there was no refrigerator. We brought with us lots of canned and botted drinks. Afterall it was like 36degree and very humid outside. To all to the shocking experience, there was no towels! This is not a cheap resort

I am talking about. We paid SAR600 per night. What more, it was so different from what the pictures they uploaded to their website.

We asked for towels and were promised that four will be delivered within ten minutes.

Ten minutes later, no towels. One hour later, despite repeated calls and repeated promised, still no towels. After four hours of trying to contain my simmering temper, i could not hold back anymore.

We packed up and finally left at 8pm last night, and headed to my villa at the farm.

Instead of having fun at the pool, we had fun playing carrom at the farm. An even better experience - we taught Luqman a new game!

This morning, we stick to plan. Haziq and I took a boat and went to the Mountain Island.

It was 30mins by a twin engine speed boat from the Al Lith Marina.

The island offered clear blue water, fine white sand and un-spoilt nature. The sun was however burning straight through our clothes. It was too hot to do anything fun. After 30 minutes on the island, we boarded the boat and headed straight back.

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