Went to check out another mall today and thankfully the shops were closed so I did not spend any money. They are closed every day from 1300-1600 for prayer as well as the two other night time prayers for about 45 minutes each time - so one must carefully plan shopping trips. You are allowed to stay inside the supermarket during prayer - they just turn off the lights and lock you in. All the other shops you have to wait outside until they open again.
The supermarket was something quite amazing - a bit sad to get excited over a supermarket, the americans tell me its like a Wall-Mart. I have never seen so much of everything in one place. Each isle is full of just one type of food and so much of it. We must have spent a good two hours looking around.
Tuna of any kind
Pasta and this is just one side of the isle
Toothpaste - you can see the price tag 3.75 Riyals which is about $1AUD
So many toothbrushes
Censorship of woman
Fancy shoes
(if you click on the images they become bigger and you can see more detail)
Window display
This one is quite nice
Not bad
There is apparently a souq called the Princess Souq - its where the princesses take all their dresses that they no longer want - so I imagine that this is what they would look like.
