training, traveling & tennis - Taif, 2006

the gardener at the track

preparing to go to the track

Javeed, exercise rider from India

a set heads to the track

outrider David and 3 of Jere's horses

walk back from the track

Jere looking over the horses

the vet's kid learning the family trade -Fernando Garcia III

our vet, Fernando Garcia, Jr. with another Junior

foreman Mohammed helps a groom do up a horse

sunrise at the track in Taif

Sattaie

Sattaie with Nagi

Sattaie and Nagi

one of our Saudi Arabian riders, Mousin

Walad and his groom

Zerfaal and his groom (kneeling)

foreman Abkar

foreman Aleem and stable manager Zak

exercise rider Javeed, with Jere

going down the mountain from Taif

shop in the desert outside Taif

rock formation

bedouin tent

wild camels

sand devil

mountains in the desert near Taif

black and white wild cat of Taif

one blue eyed wild cat of Taif

tennis club of Taif

tennis club of Taif, Arnold

tennis club of Taif, Jere

tennis club of Taif, Jere & Albert

views of Taif and Jeddah, 2005

the Red Sea, off the coast of Jeddah

coral reef in the Red Sea

fisherman off the coast of Jeddah

fisherman near Jeddah

traditional goat feast

"Coffeepot Square", downtown Taif

the mountains of Taif

the sunset of Taif

shepherds in Taif

goats resting under Taif rock formation

the "yellow vented bul-bul", native of western Saudi Arabia

the Red Sea at Jeddah, about 100 km from Taif

monkeys in the mountains, on the road from Jeddah to Taif

family enjoying the Red Sea in Jeddah

road sign on the way from Jeddah to Taif

sculpture in Jeddah (just one of dozens!)

heading for the beach to give camel rides in Jeddah