Why now is Somali piracy headlining around the world? it is hardly a new phenomenon. I decided to take a quick look around the online media to see what is being rumoured, theorised and conspired.

On my last visit to Saudi (September 07) i managed to get a brand new ‘Mobily’ pre paid SIM card from a cleaner in the immigrations hall. He had a stack of them.
It cost me 120 saudi riyals which is about $30 US. It came with 100 riyals of credit.
I slipped it in my phone and it was activated immediately. This is useful for calling your local contacts and giving to people back home etc.
The SIM roams internationally too.

Obviously you need to make sure you have your visa in your passport, this is mandatory for most western businessmen before you even board the plane at your departure point.
You will have to complete a landing card so make sure you have all the information to hand including the address of your sponsor and ideally the sponsor letter. You may have to show this to immigration before stamping.
Your bags will be scanned and possibly searched AFTER baggage reclaim. One thing to note is if you have any cds, dvds and …