larnie

Well this will be an interesting exercise. 2 and 1/2 years ago I started a thread called 'Living in Al Ain'. Since then it has generated 1821 threads and 112,799 views. Many people have beneifited from this as their is not a lot of information available on AA. Now I am 3 weeks away from 'Living in Dubai' and I have all the same questions and requests and fears I had way back then. So here goes!!!

I am arriving in 27 sleeps. DH has been working on YAS Island and living in JBR. We have been apart for 11 months due to circumstances beyond our control. OK so the things I need to know are:

Coffee and friends for 50 plus women (no kids), not that I don't love kids but....
I need a job (Office Management, Property Management, Admin)
Where to live? DH is flatting but that won't last long once I am back? JBR? Discovery? What is the true picture of rents?
Hairdresser?
Doctor?
Gym?

Having lived in Al Ain for 2 years I am so looking forward to Dubai, so much more to experience.

Looking forward to new friends and new experiences courtesy of Dubai!!

Chur Chur!!!

The Dean

Don't even think about another thread of the 'Al Ain' length. Nobody posts anything about Al Ain, as not many live there, so plenty of scope for 'thread material' but Dubai is well-known to most people who hang around here.

I predict a lot of 'do a search, the answers are already there' replies.

By the way, what's the population of Al Ain? A lot of people must have posted a lot of times to generate 112,000 responses...........

The Dean

.......... and what the f--- does "27 sleeps" mean?

Aikman7981

How's the drive from JBR to Yas island? I may work in Zayed Military City next year (north of Yas island, but prob similar distance) and we are working out places to live. So far the contenders seem to be Arabian Ranches, Emirates Hills, Al Raha, and Sas al Nakhl.

larnie

Get a life man!!

larnie

Self evident I woukld have thought?

larnie

Hey! DH travels 50 mins each way to JBR to YAS not sure about Zayed? Chur!

larnie

Wow! Can't believe this response? Such 'moronic behaviour to a simple request? begs the question? BE is an information forum so where do morons like 'The Dean' get off responding this way? Sad!

commander

but Dean is right...the questions you are asking have all been asked and answered a million times before..

I couldnt give two hoots if your al Ain thread got a zillion posts, this thread will be the same old tosh...

here goes..

BC will recommend Juan the hairdresser who is obviously giving her one..
MH and MM will recommend some shitty lebo slophole to boost thier ego's
Lionheart will recommend a brunch at the marina because its cheap


there you go, thread closed please

Aikman7981

Al Ain has a reported pop of just under 400,000 as of 2009. Rumored to have around 2000 Western expats almost exclusively medical, education and military. That number seems to be growing lately as a few projects get under way.

Patsy Stoned

why do you always have to be so rude???

The Dean

You asked the stupid questions....... but I'm the moron?

Hmmm............... I'll repeat myself - politely - the Al Ain thread was interesting for a few weeks, even to those who have never lived there (quite educational actually), but then drifted off-topic.

Your Dubai questions are old hat, and will have been covered many times already.

You seem quite keen just to be the instigator of a long thread....... you might succeed, but it won't be because people are keen to tell you about Dubai.

And another thing - if you've been in Al Ain all that time, surely you must have picked up something useful about Dubai? It's not a remote inhospitable place half-way round the world..... like Christchurch.............

Chur!!!!!

commander

why am i being rude, i am sick of all this tosh..

and sweetheart, that was not rude..

commander

thats what she is wanting...so she can have an article on the front of the BE website.....woohoo..

MataHari

that's the problem with you...you might not think it's rude, but others obviously do...
I really cannot understand why you feel like you have to make posts like this time and time again, it's not funny, it doesn't add anything...
but hey, neither does flirting eh...so who am I to talk...