KHOBAR: Super excited as we are in #TeamYahamad regarding the #GEA #SharqiaSeason #ColorRun #Happiest5KRun happened last 23rd of March 2019, Saturday at Khobar South Corniche; all bookings and itineraries were planned beforehand (even if salary is not yet coming hahaha!). With the help of Cobone we get some choices to book about discounted food vouchers and so as planned we will take Ronza Rose Hotel for our breakfast (Intl. breakfast menu), then thru Booking.Com as for our hotel accommodation.
Travel time from Riyadh to Khobar is about 3-5 hours depending on speed and stop-over, #TeamYahamad travels by around 2AM Friday to get there at exactly 7AM to avail the voucher because serving the breakfast is from 6:30AM till 10AM. However, the issues that we encountered is that; first, (though its a small thing) the said sea view from the buffet area is not real (i cant see the sea while eating), secondly (main issue) representative of the hotel in buffet area named Mr. Mohammed told us that the Cobone voucher is not valid every Friday. I explained to him right away and showed our printed copy (tip: please always have the copy with you in buying vouchers) that it is not mentioned in the terms and conditions that our voucher is not valid by Friday (unlike on our top three choices, like in Holiday Inn Sea-side breakfast clearly mentioned the Friday rule). Overall instead to enjoy the breakfast, the service and attitude of the representative make our morning at Ronza uncomfortable even he allowed us to avail it. For Ronza breakfast i will give 3stars but for poor service i will give half star or negative 1 hahaha (I think crew or the representative needs to understand what excellent customer service is...see how he affects the whole team/company....so be aware that where you work, you represent it...)
Moving forward, after breaky #TeamYahamad stay for a while at the seaside bay to indulge the beauty of corniche, fresh air, and beautiful sunshine before going to hotel and to sleep for a while. As instructed by #ColorRun thru social media announcements we need to get our kit at Mall of Dhahran by 4PM, then afterwards we check the events happening all at the same time at Main Corniche (Concerts, Dino Show, Culture Village, Water Tower 3D Mapping and Fireworks ofcourse!).
Before heading to our hotel at 9PM to sleep and recharge for the Fun Color Run, we tried the Boiling Pot Resto near Al Rahmaniya Center; it is an eat all you can resto (66 SAR/pax), with a nice setting (you can cook it by yourself as Korean/Japanese style) though the choices are few (not seen shrimps and crabs) and not so tasty even marinated so i can give only 2 Stars out of five (tip: also, please bring cash or end up going outside to find ATM machine). Then the next day #TeamYahamad wakes up on time and prepare for the run, the so-called #Happiest5KRunInThePlanet! ever! :) Yallah!
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| Beautiful Sunshine! |
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| Boiling Pot Resto |
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