Place: Riyadh Zoo (Updated)

From 20120607 - Riyadh Zoo

The Kingdoms largest Zoo, first formed in 1957, was originally a small-scale affair, consisting of animals presented as gifts to the first three kings of the Kingdom. In 1987, a new and entirely refurbished zoo was opened. The new zoo was designed to provide the animals with room to move and suitable places to rest. Today it contains some 40 species, including bears, birds of prey, camels, elephants, hyenas, gazelles, leopards, lamas, lions, monkeys, rhinoceroses, tigers and a number of reptiles. There is a small train that runs through the zoo. Schools, compounds and other organizations often run trips to the zoo.

Inspite of the hot weather, Riyadh Zoo is surprisingly quite good and its a treat for children specially. While visiting, it would be a good idea to wear caps/hats for prevention from sun, there are canteens available inside the zoo thus you can buy snacks and drinks. The zoo is quite big thus it would be better to wear comfortable shoes.

Pics from my last visit: http://naumankhan.blogspot.com/2012/06/20120607-riyadh-zoo.html

 

Some more High Quality Pics can been seen on the following link:

The Residents of Riyadh Zoo | The Pink Tarha   I have mixed feelings about zoos and oceanariums. I know that they are good for learning and getting to know animals but I also have a feeling that animals thrive and live better in their natural habitat. And in the case of these animals, they shou…     http://thepinktarha.com/ksa/2014/10/the-residents-o…         View Now

 

Address: Ihssa Street, Malaz, Riyadh

Coordinates: 24.674932,46.737567

Google Maps Link: http://goo.gl/maps/RylhQ

 

Phone: +966 1 4779523

Fax: +966 1 4793968

E-Mail: info@zoo.com.sa

Website: http://www.zoo.com.sa/riyadhzoo/Default.aspx

For Reservation: http://www.zoo.com.sa/riyadhzoo/PlanVisit.aspx

Zoo Interactive Map: http://www.zoo.com.sa/riyadhzoo/map/zoo_map0906.swf

 

Entrance Ticket Fee:

Adult: SR 10

Children: SR 5

Children Under the Age of 2: Free

Train Ride inside zoo: SR 2

Total Area: 161,000 Sq. Mtrs

 

Facilities available for the Visitors:

• Restaurant
• Rest room
• Parking to accommodate approximately 500 cars
• Tea Kiosk, shops selling gifts and snacks
• Children playgrounds

 

Timings:

Days	Morning (8:30 am to 12:00 pm)	Evening (1:00 pm till Maghrib Prayer)
Saturday	Closed for maintenance	Closed for maintenance
Sunday	School Boys	Men
Monday	School Girls	Ladies
Tuesday	School Boys	Families
Wednesday	School Girls	Families
Thursday	From 9:00 am to Maghrib Prayer
Friday	After Jummah to Maghrib Prayer

 

-urShadow

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Are you ready for the next round of the Get in the Ring competition? We would like to remind you that there are only 2 weeks left to register here.

In case you did not read our previous message, the Regional final will have the 8 best startups from 6 countries in the Middle East (Pakistan, Lebanon, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Saudi Arabia). The startups will battle it out one-on-one in the ring for a place in the International final. Come and see who will take home the belt for the most promising startup of the Middle East and support Saudi Arabia in the process!.

Let’s Get in the Ring!

 

 

Update(29-10-2014):

Riyadh witness in 5 November 2014 the final for (Get in The Ring Challenge). the second stage for Middle  East is hosted and sponsored by the STC in Riyadh. STC continues to provide the opportunity for entrepreneurs in the Kingdom to join the Global (challenge STC) Get In The Ring. Get In The Ring to offers an opportunity to the winner to gain valuable financial prize.

Winners from Saudi for this stage (Sorli) photography Inc. and (AYA Games) for developing smart devices Games (smart phones - Tablet devices). From  Egypt (Integreight) which is interested in information and communications technology industry with innovative solutions for users. Winners from Jordan (weziwezi), a social networking program. From  Lebanon (ki) company which is an coded device to store names and passwords. (Pixelbug) represents Emirates which concerned to provide solutions to companies through the development of smart devices application and provide innovative digital products. From Pakistan (Magision) company dimensions using three-IT hand to interact with the virtual objects, and. (PlagiarismCheckerX) Inc which offers solutions to detect any fraud or forgery through a specific technology for this purpose.
International referee from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, and Netherlands would   participate in the Middle East qualifications  to choose one representative. Tickets registration to attend for free via the following link: http://getinthering.co/events/regional-final-middle-east/

 

I will share my feedback after visiting it.

 

-urShadow

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Entering GPS Coordinates in BlackBerry 10 Maps

When I upgraded from Bold 9900 to Q10, one drawback I immediately noticed was that there was no option for entering GPS Coordinates in BlackBerry 10 Maps. I was a regular user of BB Maps and I live in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, all addresses here are not mapped to GPS coordinates and thus I cannot enter my destination based on address alone.

 

After trying everything and searching on internet, I couldn’t find any solution. As a final resort I contacted Dear Berry of crackberry.com, the conclusion of our discussion is as follows, my intention of putting it here is to help others, who are trying to find a solution for the same issue:

 

Question: I live in Riyadh, KSA and the only way I can use navigation on BB10 Maps here is by entering GPS coordinates of the destination location. Recently I shifted to Q10 and I couldn’t find any way to use the navigation.

 

DearBerry:

• This functionality is not available on the BlackBerry 10 version of BBMaps.
• A work around is to use the following website to translate addresses into GPS coordinates and vice versa: http://www.gps-coordinates.net/ 
• 3rd party apps can be used, like BeMaps, ViewRanger etc

 

Based on that I tried several navigational apps on my Q10 and here is the result:

I tried ViewRanger Outdoors GPS and Maps, I couldn’t find any way to use its navigation feature, I tried to enter coordinates, I tried to search local places (there were no results) and I tried if I can choose a location manually on the map but the navigation didn’t start. There are no pre-defined routes available near my location as well.

Then I tried Navfree, it has many features and it is working quite well. It doesn’t give alternative routes so that’s a feature missing as compared to Google Maps and the traffic feature is not working here but I am able to navigate based on coordinates and it even supports foursquare locations. The only major problem is that its interface is not very user friendly for Q10 because of the smaller screen size and its relatively slower.

I also tried OsmAnd and it seems to be working fine as well, it also search location based on coordinates but its routing didn’t seem very optimized, it took me from a longer way although a much much shorter way was available.

Google Maps has the maximum number of features and it supports coordinates as well, it doesn’t support foursquare locations and for that I would use Navfree. So my 1st choice at the moment is Google Maps.

All above can be handy alternatives but they cannot beat the built-in support BB10 Maps enjoy, like I cannot open a contact and just navigate to his location and BB10 Maps interface is optimized for smaller screens.

 

I have asked this on Support Forums of BlackBerry as well, you can visit it on: http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/BlackBerry-Q10/Entering-GPS-Coordinates-in-BlackBerry-10-Maps/td-p/3008796

 

-urShadow

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السلام علیکم ورحمۃ اللہ وبرکاتہ،،نئے ہجری سال کا آغاز ہوگیا ہے۔اس موقع پر ہمیں چاہیے کہ ہم اپنا محاسبہ کریں، اللہ تعالیٰ سے گزشتہ ایام میں ہوئی کوتاہیوں کی سچے دل سے معافی مانگیں اور یہ کوشش وفکر کریں کہ ہم، ہماری اولاد،ہمارے اعزاء واقرباء اور دیگر متعلقین اخروی امتحان میں کامیاب ہوجائیں کیونکہ اخروی امتحان میں ناکامی کی صورت میں دردناک عذاب ہے جس کی تلافی مرنے کے بعد ممکن نہیں ہے، مرنے کے بعد آنسو کے سمندر بلکہ خون کے آنسو بہانے سے بھی کوئی فائدہ نہیں ہوگا۔ یاد رکھیں کہ اگر ہم اخروی زندگی کو سامنے رکھ کر اس دنیاوی زندگی کے ایام گزاریں گے تو ہمارا ملازمت یا کاروبار کرنا، بچوں کی تعلیم پر پیسہ خرچ کرنا، سونا، کھانا، پینا، وغیرہ ہر عمل دنیا وآخرت دونوں جہاں کی کامیابی دلانے والا بنے گا، ان شاء اللہ۔ اخبار مشرق دہلی میں شائع شدہ مضمون (حضرت ابراہیم علیہ السلام کی زندگی کے مختصر احوال) ارسال ہے۔ محمد نجیب قاسمی سنبھلی، ریاض

 

 

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