relocating to Petra Jordan or Damascus, Syria
Mar 17th 2005, 12:38 pm
#1
Just Joined
Thread Starter
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 1
relocating to Petra Jordan or Damascus, Syria
Can anyone give me some information on living in Petra or Damascus...I'm interested in housing, obviously or schooling. We are trying to decide between the two. Are they tax free countries? Should we take a car? What part of cities should we look to live in...thank you 
Mar 17th 2005, 12:42 pm
#2
Up in the air
Joined: Oct 2004
Location: I'm global baby!!!!!!
Posts: 7,263
Re: relocating to Petra Jordan or Damascus, Syria
Originally Posted by DebsinDoha
Can anyone give me some information on living in Petra or Damascus...I'm interested in housing, obviously or schooling. We are trying to decide between the two. Are they tax free countries? Should we take a car? What part of cities should we look to live in...thank you
Check back in a while and hopefully there should be some response.
Please bear in mind its the weekend here...give it a day or two.
Rgds
JD
Mar 21st 2005, 9:01 am
#3
Forum Regular
Joined: Mar 2005
Location: Abu Dhabi
Posts: 200
Re: relocating to Petra Jordan or Damascus, Syria
Originally Posted by DebsinDoha
Can anyone give me some information on living in Petra or Damascus...I'm interested in housing, obviously or schooling. We are trying to decide between the two. Are they tax free countries? Should we take a car? What part of cities should we look to live in...thank you
I'm new to the forum but I can hopefully give some insight as probably the sole British expat in Jordan
Housing is plentiful here in Amman and some good deals to be had, as for Petra, no idea but could be the same. As for schools, good international schools exist but local recomendation helps.
Income is tax free if you work for a foreign registered company in Jordan, local wages are taxed.
The majot problem with cars here is the lack of lead free petrol, make sure that your car runs on leaded petrol as most of the world is now on unleaded.
Any other British expats in Amman out there?
Regards
Andrew
Apr 10th 2005, 7:31 pm
#4
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Jun 2003
Location: Vancouver
Posts: 476
Re: relocating to Petra Jordan or Damascus, Syria
Hello,
I am a Jordanian studying in Britian, just seen your post, if your question was Amman or Damascus, I would say Amman, but Petra, forget it, it's a small touristic town which is about 4 hours far from Amman, no english schools, not well served, its only good to visit for site seeing.
Damascus is similar to Amman but Amman is more modern, with better services , ifra-structre..etc.
Bet Andrew there are several places in Amman where you can find unleaded petrol though not widely available , you can expect the same in Damascus.
hopes this helps.
Cheers,
Ibraheem
I am a Jordanian studying in Britian, just seen your post, if your question was Amman or Damascus, I would say Amman, but Petra, forget it, it's a small touristic town which is about 4 hours far from Amman, no english schools, not well served, its only good to visit for site seeing.
Damascus is similar to Amman but Amman is more modern, with better services , ifra-structre..etc.
Bet Andrew there are several places in Amman where you can find unleaded petrol though not widely available , you can expect the same in Damascus.
hopes this helps.
Cheers,
Ibraheem
Originally Posted by andrewpops
Debs,
I'm new to the forum but I can hopefully give some insight as probably the sole British expat in Jordan
Housing is plentiful here in Amman and some good deals to be had, as for Petra, no idea but could be the same. As for schools, good international schools exist but local recomendation helps.
Income is tax free if you work for a foreign registered company in Jordan, local wages are taxed.
The majot problem with cars here is the lack of lead free petrol, make sure that your car runs on leaded petrol as most of the world is now on unleaded.
Any other British expats in Amman out there?
Regards
Andrew
I'm new to the forum but I can hopefully give some insight as probably the sole British expat in Jordan
Housing is plentiful here in Amman and some good deals to be had, as for Petra, no idea but could be the same. As for schools, good international schools exist but local recomendation helps.
Income is tax free if you work for a foreign registered company in Jordan, local wages are taxed.
The majot problem with cars here is the lack of lead free petrol, make sure that your car runs on leaded petrol as most of the world is now on unleaded.
Any other British expats in Amman out there?
Regards
Andrew
Apr 10th 2005, 10:01 pm
#5
Up in the air
Joined: Oct 2004
Location: I'm global baby!!!!!!
Posts: 7,263
Re: relocating to Petra Jordan or Damascus, Syria
Originally Posted by Ibraheem
Hello,
I am a Jordanian studying in Britian, just seen your post, if your question was Amman or Damascus, I would say Amman, but Petra, forget it, it's a small touristic town which is about 4 hours far from Amman, no english schools, not well served, its only good to visit for site seeing.
Damascus is similar to Amman but Amman is more modern, with better services , ifra-structre..etc.
Bet Andrew there are several places in Amman where you can find unleaded petrol though not widely available , you can expect the same in Damascus.
hopes this helps.
Cheers,
Ibraheem
I am a Jordanian studying in Britian, just seen your post, if your question was Amman or Damascus, I would say Amman, but Petra, forget it, it's a small touristic town which is about 4 hours far from Amman, no english schools, not well served, its only good to visit for site seeing.
Damascus is similar to Amman but Amman is more modern, with better services , ifra-structre..etc.
Bet Andrew there are several places in Amman where you can find unleaded petrol though not widely available , you can expect the same in Damascus.
hopes this helps.
Cheers,
Ibraheem
welcome to the forum !!!
Regards
JD
Apr 11th 2005, 4:47 am
#6
Banned (Always Correct)
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 941
Re: relocating to Petra Jordan or Damascus, Syria
Originally Posted by Jammy_Dodgers
Nice one guys, its good to have some postings from people in other GCC/ME countries !!
welcome to the forum !!!
Regards
JD
welcome to the forum !!!
Regards
JD
Live in aqaba and commute, aqaba is awesome.
Apr 11th 2005, 7:48 am
#7
The Delivery Man...
Joined: Jan 2005
Location: The Eighth Cylinder
Posts: 2,402
Re: relocating to Petra Jordan or Damascus, Syria
Originally Posted by Ibraheem
Hello,
I am a Jordanian studying in Britian, just seen your post, if your question was Amman or Damascus, I would say Amman, but Petra, forget it, it's a small touristic town which is about 4 hours far from Amman, no english schools, not well served, its only good to visit for site seeing.
Damascus is similar to Amman but Amman is more modern, with better services , ifra-structre..etc.
Bet Andrew there are several places in Amman where you can find unleaded petrol though not widely available , you can expect the same in Damascus.
hopes this helps.
Cheers,
Ibraheem
I am a Jordanian studying in Britian, just seen your post, if your question was Amman or Damascus, I would say Amman, but Petra, forget it, it's a small touristic town which is about 4 hours far from Amman, no english schools, not well served, its only good to visit for site seeing.
Damascus is similar to Amman but Amman is more modern, with better services , ifra-structre..etc.
Bet Andrew there are several places in Amman where you can find unleaded petrol though not widely available , you can expect the same in Damascus.
hopes this helps.
Cheers,
Ibraheem
I would also suggest Jordan as you will find more english speaking ppl there.
Education is very important in jordan and they have some really good schools and universities.
Housing is relatively cheap and u can find some really good locations with bargain prices.
