Saudi Arabia: An atheist in the land of the Two Mosques

Saudi Arabia was more about the prize of a visa and the thrill of an atheist in the land of pure monotheism than an exercise in tourism or culture. I can’t deny the draw of Saudi Aarbia’s biggest tourist attraction, chop chop square, through stories I had visions of a dozen guys lined up on their knees, a sharpened blade that dulled as it lobbed off a head at a time til the last few decapitees required a saw rather than a slash. Women in burqa's throwing up, men trying to pick them up in the only authorised dating scene in the country, blood flowing freely, it would be my greatest contribution to YouTube. I was in Jeddah for Friday, I was at the square outside the Mosque after the midday prayers but alas, there were no decapitations, not even a hand.