Who Is Jed?

I know the question is there swirling around in the back of your mind. Who could he be? Who is this mysterious Jed? Is he the taxi driver that circled back to pick us up, driving 5 minutes down the road to make a u turn? Is he the recent med school graduate on a trip more or less around the world that dined and wandered with us this afternoon? Is he the abra (water taxi) driver that scuttled us on board and ferried us across the creek in one swift puttering motion? He must be the waiter that dropped off our check as we perched 51 stories about the twinkling buildings, stooped cranes, and expecting sands littering the ground below our hotel footprint, no? Or perhaps he just might be another taxi driver, one of many whose knowledge of our neighborhood streets is second to our own floundering navigational skills?

As you may have surmised (or not spent time thinking about at all), Jed is not any of the above. Nor is Jed our much discussed Saudi driver to be. Rather it is us, the 'Jedis' who will be in Saudi. Who knew we were Star Wars fans....we certainly didn't before a loopy jet lagged brainstorm hit us.

(Please note: this post is mostly for the benefit of Heather, who clearly is not a Star Wars fan. I do know a Jed, but I doubt very much he is in Jeddah.)