Reply #7: Pizza is available, of varying quantity...

[Shipwack]

Frozen pizza in the supermarkets.

The local Mega Mart's bakery sells pizza, which looks and tastes as if it were made based on a description someone overheard in conversation (their bread and other baked goods are excellent, though).

There's a local pizzeria, with "REAL ITALIAN FOOD!!!" that delivers. It's ok.

There's a local Domino's, which I haven't sampled yet.

On base there's a food court that has a vendor that sells pizza. It's adequate. Not up to North East or Chicago standards, but good enough.

If you haven't been here in a while, there are now 3 decent sized shopping malls (all within a mile of each other). They have food courts and restaurants there also, but I haven't sampled them yet.

Cell phones are abundant, stores selling computer items fairly common, and there's decent internet access.

All in all, it is fairly westernized, though I don't know how it compares to other middle eastern countries. There's no law forbidding women to walk around without a habib or abaya, but modest dress is encouraged (and some clothing, such as sheer or mesh is prohibited for military members off-base). Woman are allowed to drive, a condition that the Saudi woman take advantage of on the weekends.

While I wouldn't want to live here, everyday I'm thankful I'm here as opposed to some checkpoint in Baghdad or even Saudi Arabia.