Al Hasa Caves

We traveled south from Dhahran to Al Hasa going through barren desert dotted with camels, sheep, trash, housing developments, and occasional bushes. Hofuf is the date capital of the peninsula shipping dates to the world.  We went to  a pottery studio and watched as three pots came off the wheel. The pots are sundried, then low level fired, and not glazed or painted. We visited the caves where the temperature remains a cool 50 degrees year round, providing a cool relief from the 100+' temperatures of the summer. We missed going to the suq, so we are still wanting to shop.