London2bahrain

Omg sooooooo excited

So if any one has any tips, advice please let me know!!!

Have also set up a website/blog so please pop along


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NorthernLad

Do you know Bahrain is not in Dubai?

Just to clarify...OPs blog is about moving to Bahrain!

klaus3974

The best advice I got from this site was: Do the Maths! Life is expensive here and can't be a nightmare with the wrong package and/or attitude. Otherwise, it is a great place to spend a few years.

Welcome!

Blue Cat

The Dean

It isn't?????

Bugger.............

kittycat1

I think this depends what you're used to- I've moved here from London and think it's on a par, all depends how extravagant a lifestyle you want- I get a lot more for my money here- have a large apartment (800 sq ft) compared to a crappy houseshare in a dodgy area in London. I'm on an average package here- 20k a month and am still able to save some money. I was expecting it to be massively expensive here but I guess it depends what your into and what your family requirements are- if you drink 20 pints a night then yes it is expensive ( but cigs are cheappppppp), I don't know about family life here as I'm on my own but compared to London I think you'd be pleasantly surprised, so don't get put off by everyone here saying it uber expensive- but do your research so you know what you're getting yourself into.

The lifestyle is very different here to London- pace of life is slower, sunny climate, low crime rates, friendly people (when you can find them) which is more of a reason to come here than the finance. Not quite so much going on as in London but you just need to make more of an effort to find things to do- malls and sunbathing can get boring!

Kittycat
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Victor Meldrew

Ditto the advice. Salaries are generally very high, but the temptation can be to live a live which is parallel to or beyond this.

The choice is to either experience living a lavish lifestyle which you may not have experienced before (and save little), or be more frugal and (potentially) save a shedload.

Salaries can be silly (as in high silly - even atronomical). A previous poster says 20k aed pcm is average. I am in middle management teaching (at one of the best paying schools) and do not receive this amount. However, I live a fairly reasonable lifestyle (not drinking 20 pints for example), travel every holiday and drive a pretty good car by UK standards.

A few years here will set me up very well for when I return to UK.

There are others here who I work with who have been here for 4 years + and still have nothing to show for it. A little foolish I think.

NorthernLad

From looking at London2Bahrains blog, it seems she is moving to Bahrain...while some of the advice still stands, it's quite different to Dubai in terms of lifestyle.