Re: trip to Saudi Arabia
yaasir – you were born in khobar? 
so was I. Awwww! 
jabhi humaray khayalat miltay jultay hain.
Parrissenoor-- Khawa has summed it up quite nicely. I would like to add a few more things. Besides the holy places, there are quite a few places you can visit. Taif as suggested by Yaasir, Hafuf is one such place. Khobar is a must-see place because it is kinda modern by saudi standards (Riyadh and stuff). It has corniche, beautiful malls,. Slighly less dull then other parts of saudia (as people claim). In fact whoel eastern province is kinda nice and appealing for tourists. I have not been to Jeddah (only once) but it was worth it.