Do you actually LIKE the Middle East?
Sep 28th 2013, 4:15 pm
#106
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Re: Do you actually LIKE the Middle East?
In answer to the original question, No. I'm sitting in Schipol, enjoying an ice cold beer, excellent service, nobody trying to sell me something I don't want (KLM aside), nobody hawking o spitting or pushing in front of me in the queue...
Sep 28th 2013, 4:49 pm
#107
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Re: Do you actually LIKE the Middle East?
...and the last time I went through Schipol they had a tiny smoking room. OK, it was a farcial little space but it was still there! After 8 hours one gets a tad stroppy.....
Sep 30th 2013, 8:40 am
#108
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Re: Do you actually LIKE the Middle East?
The Netherlands have a superior civilisation.
Sep 30th 2013, 12:18 pm
#109
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Re: Do you actually LIKE the Middle East?
yes, shame it's full of cloggies 
Sep 30th 2013, 1:16 pm
#110
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Re: Do you actually LIKE the Middle East?
You are not SUPPOSED to like the M.E. It is punishment for doing something truly awful in a previous life. Maybe you were an Englishman and this is you reaping the reward !
Oct 26th 2013, 7:01 pm
#111
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Re: Do you actually LIKE the Middle East?
Am I right in thinking Saudi Arabia is the worst place for ex-pats out of the usual Middle Eastern suspects?
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Oct 26th 2013, 7:43 pm
#112
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Re: Do you actually LIKE the Middle East?
Oct 26th 2013, 11:14 pm
#113
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Re: Do you actually LIKE the Middle East?
Dont do it unless its double what you can earn in another gulf state
Oct 26th 2013, 11:56 pm
#114
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Re: Do you actually LIKE the Middle East?
I would rather trampoline on 1000 knives than set foot in that barbaric place. Want to go out to dinner and enjoy a glass of wine...............No. Want to go to a beach in a bikini.....................No, want to drive a car......................No, want to have any sort of normal life...........No
Dont do it unless its double what you can earn in another gulf state
Dont do it unless its double what you can earn in another gulf state
Oct 27th 2013, 12:00 am
#115
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Re: Do you actually LIKE the Middle East?
Not for me mate. Never, no way. I would rather be in the UK
Oct 27th 2013, 12:01 am
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Oct 27th 2013, 12:36 am
#117
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Re: Do you actually LIKE the Middle East?
Oh dear. But what if it's for less than a year?
I'm feeling pressured purely because of my terrible financial situation. In all other aspects I'm considering it to be a complete waste of 6-9 months of my precious life.
I'm feeling pressured purely because of my terrible financial situation. In all other aspects I'm considering it to be a complete waste of 6-9 months of my precious life.
Oct 27th 2013, 2:47 am
#118
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Re: Do you actually LIKE the Middle East?
Be careful about being seduced by the money though - in most professions I have heard about, the 'Saudi premium' (i.e. getting paid more there than in other Gulf locations) has all but disappeared.
Oct 27th 2013, 5:43 am
#120
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Re: Do you actually LIKE the Middle East?
He does his work then once a month heads to Bahrain or Dubai for a bit R&R