carlston’s lobby @ 1am and then..

PM 9:30 : The lobby has free wifi! 

PM 10:00 : No worries about anything; 4 security guards present. 

PM 10:15 : Concerned about little fish’s poor health. 

PM 10:30 : Facebook-ing .. 

PM 11:00 : New guests arrive… with matching sweatsuits. 

PM 11:45 : THUD. Opening yellow elevator doors reveal collapsed foreign man. 

PM 11:46 : Heroic security guards help him. JO & I gather courage for our CPR skills.  

PM 11:47 : CPR not indicated (thankfully)

PM 11:48 : Foreign man (pale and disoriented) on couch after second collapse. 

PM 11:49 : Foreign man comes to; drinking a coke. More foreign guests arriving. 

PM 11:52 : Collapsing man into elevator without mishap; followed by guard. 

PM 11:59 : New foreign men guests arrive. One goes to room.  

AM 12:00 : Strange car arrives. Other newly arrived guest slips guard large wad of cash. Then leaves. 

AM 12:00 : Guards suddenly are carrying automatic weapons. Still no worries though..

AM 12:02 : Happy guard fumbling with automatic weapon. He gets scolded. Hmmm.. 

AM 12:05 : Receives lesson on using automatic weapon from the more experienced guard. 

AM 12:30 : Facebook is addicting. So is reading the news. 

AM 12:45 : Guards more relaxed since the guests from earlier are gone..

AM 1:00 : JO & I go to bed. Next door phone rings every 135 seconds for a while. 

AM 1:10 : Room 418 is the arctic. No control on AC. 

AM 5:30 : Saying goodbye to JO’s dad. 

AM 6:00 : Consider switching off breaker going to aircon. Unsure what else that breaker controls. Decide risk is too high. 

AM 9:00 : Good breakfast of rice, fish, sweet sausage and coffee. 

AM 10:00 : Checking out. 

AM 10:15 : Taxi driver promises a working meter. 

AM 10:16 : Meter not on. Driver fumbling with it. Mutters something about lucky day. 

AM 10:17 : Lucky because if meter is broken… by law we get a free ride… 

AM 10:17 : And… CRASH! Someone’s blue car door is now quite crunched. 

AM 10:19 : Blue car driver touches driver’s side window with one finger. All the glass falls out. 

AM 10:22 : Standing on the street. Taxi driver quite distraught. Many spectators. 

AM 10:30 : We find another taxi after 2 tries. 

AM 11:30 : At bus station to purchase tickets to Tabuk.