DH may get sent to work there Not sure what to expect.. Not sure if me and 3yr old DD shd go with him or stay where we are My parents lived there when I was a teenager, I got sent back here to school. We also lioved in bahrain before this, I was born there and went to school there. She was at home alot herself though as me and my brother away at school, probsbly different if you have a young child.
The plus side was a good social life, we lived on a swish compound with nice villas and a pool, and there was quite a community atmosphere in there. I thought though that many men were now not taking their families, and unacompanied men with fequent leave are more the norm. I may be wrong though. Of course the biggest benefit is the money. My parents stuck it out for about 7yrs, and it gave them a great nest egg for retirement. They literally are second-class citizins out there and I wouldn't go and live there for any money in the world.
All the foreigners had their passports taken off them while the police tried to find the killer, no-one was allowed to leave and my dad was stuck out there for 9 months. The foreign office got involved and it was even all over the papers. Eventually they got out my dad was the first out followed by others and he swore he'd never go back there. I spent a month there last summer and the summer before, I will go again this year.
My sister lives there. Ask me anything you like. I love it there, so does she. She is a midwife and working. I would move there tomorrow. Yes ther are some things you can't do, but Hey, my sis has a driver, a houseboy, a chef and a pool to herself and a massive house!
The shopping is amazing, Carrefour has everything, you arrive just before prayer time and they lock you in, so you continue to do your shopping in peace, in an empty store. Ikea is the same, but much more cicilised than Ikea here. I had never been to Ikea here and went and asked for the puschair loan and for them to take my shopping to the car, they looked at me as if I was mad!
