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Things You Can Buy At Jeddah Duty-Free via Carpetblogger September 25th, 2008 at 08:27

If you don't live in a place where staples, such as booze, are taxed 100%, you have no idea how important airport Duty Free shops are. As an American, we had never stepped in one before moving overseas and could never understand the appeal.  These days, however, we design elborate strategies to maximize our limited access to such rich sources of relatively cheap booze.Instead of focusing on all the things we could not buy at the Jeddah duty free (uh, duh), we prefer to marvel at at all the amazing products we could purchase. It was sort of an airport version of a Tsum (sans vodka) or a JC Penneys, without all the cool clothes.  Just like at those two outlets, rewards await shoppers who approach with an open mind.Here are some of the products that tempted us: An array of your favorite...