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Forum: The Welcome Inn
Oct 29th 2010, 8:04 am
Replies: 4
Views: 680
Posted By Mellie66

Re: anyone qatar based

Hi Nick,

welcome to Qatar! You certainly arrived during a good month for events.

Hope you are finding your way around the place easy enough and that the traffic isn't putting you off.

There...
Forum: Middle East
May 10th 2008, 6:36 am
Replies: 52
Views: 3,878
Posted By Mellie66

Re: Qatar - Moving to be with Hubby

I'll say the same as I say to anyone considering expat life, wherever they are bound for........give it a shot, some like it, some don't.

We LOVED our time in Saudi and when we moved to Qatar, we...
Forum: Middle East
Apr 11th 2008, 3:10 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 529
Posted By Mellie66

Re: motorcycles in qatar

To be honest, the roads are appalling. Yes, you definitely need a crash helmet and frankly, you will be constantly trying to avoid potholes. Roadworks everywhere, so you are never really going to get...
Forum: Middle East
Apr 10th 2008, 3:25 pm
Replies: 187
Views: 7,765
Posted By Mellie66

Re: Leasing a share in a race horse

Just butting in here........(I'm so good at it):D

as someone who has been around horses all my life, even I would be extremely loathe to hang out in the paddock. Racehorses especially, are highly...
Forum: Middle East
Dec 10th 2007, 3:39 am
Replies: 18
Views: 2,353
Posted By Mellie66

Re: Doha or not?

hand on heart, I can't wait to leave Doha, HOWEVER..........

If you have small children you will probably love it. There's an endless supply of people with little kids, loads of nurseries and...
Forum: Middle East
Oct 9th 2007, 11:25 am
Replies: 99
Views: 4,655
Posted By Mellie66

Re: advice needed!

ah, anna, I express an opinion about the country I live in, I try to give a balanced opinion about various issues i.e housing, education, how dull it can be etc. I might even have had the odd pop at...
Forum: Middle East
Oct 9th 2007, 10:45 am
Replies: 99
Views: 4,655
Posted By Mellie66

Re: advice needed!

well said Meow, I saw her comments on the other thread, her comments were bang out of order and purely designed to provoke a reaction, which served her purpose. No doubt she is a member on other...
Forum: Middle East
Oct 9th 2007, 10:23 am
Replies: 99
Views: 4,655
Posted By Mellie66

Re: advice needed!

quick butt in here....lol

we've been expat for six years now, we have met our share of the fakes but we have met considerably more normal people who are working for a better life.

I had a very...
Forum: Middle East
Oct 9th 2007, 10:00 am
Replies: 5
Views: 3,391
Posted By Mellie66

Re: Doha rents FYI

networks/phone suppliers? Qtel and um.......Qtel. lol, you can pick up a pay as you go chip from a Qtel stand/shop, which they have in most of the malls, i.e City Centre, Landmark, Hyatt Plaza.
...
Forum: Middle East
Oct 8th 2007, 4:08 am
Replies: 5
Views: 3,391
Posted By Mellie66

Re: Doha rents FYI

I will Tootsie :)

When our rent went up by 9,000 QR in January (I kid you not), we saw some amazing houses. Amazingly bloody awful. One looked like it had been home to a herd of goats for the past...
Forum: Middle East
Sep 20th 2007, 12:44 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 2,218
Posted By Mellie66

Re: to doha or not to doha?

DONT DO IT!!!!!

if you get the option of Dubai, bloody well take it, in fact outer Mongolia is a more appealing option than Doha!

The place is dead from the neck up, in fact the only thing...
Forum: Middle East
Sep 20th 2007, 12:39 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 2,345
Posted By Mellie66

Re: Possible move to Dhahran

Dhahran/Al Khobar/Eastern Province is a hell of a lot better than Qatar!

Compound living in Saudi, whilst compound life doesnt appeal to all (I personally loathed those coffee mornings run by the...
Forum: Middle East
Aug 21st 2007, 1:44 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 674
Posted By Mellie66

Re: Can I work in Saudi

if its like the bahrain causeway, they will have a ladies section where they should have female customs people. I think they go in, lift the abaya, show em the passport etc.

someone correct me if...
Forum: Middle East
Aug 21st 2007, 12:28 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 674
Posted By Mellie66

Re: Can I work in Saudi

we knew quite a few mums/wives that worked in the schools in Saudi, so you probably wont have any problems on that score.

where are you headed? If its Al khobar, there is the British International...
Forum: Middle East
Aug 20th 2007, 4:58 am
Replies: 12
Views: 3,540
Posted By Mellie66

Re: Pet camel kills woman 'trying to have sex'

She had a love of exotic pets?

Thank god they never gave her an elephant, she would have needed a coffin 10ft by 10ft after a flattening by that!
Forum: Middle East
Aug 19th 2007, 5:34 pm
Replies: 73
Views: 3,137
Posted By Mellie66

Re: A-Levels

Oh, well I had to post, I knew I missed doing one last month.......lol

The daughter got 2 As and a Distinction (I guess thats an A??) at A level this year, ah, yes....Art, Photography and Drama,...
Forum: Middle East
May 29th 2007, 2:14 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 697
Posted By Mellie66

Re: Doha Schools

there's a comprehensive list of schools on the following site

http://www.indexuae.com/qatar/qatarcat.php?keytext=Schools

however, as you probably know, its nigh on bloody impossible to find a...
Forum: Middle East
May 28th 2007, 8:00 am
Replies: 42
Views: 8,933
Posted By Mellie66

Re: Has anyone Heard of Bandar Sudairi, Riyadh?

Ill ask the husband about 'buff lodge'

his dad was called Barney..;) I have a feeling his name will ring a bell, certainly concerning booze, the law and the early 80s :blink:
Forum: Middle East
May 26th 2007, 6:20 pm
Replies: 42
Views: 8,933
Posted By Mellie66

Re: Has anyone Heard of Bandar Sudairi, Riyadh?

He grinned and said, that sounds familiar...............it used to be one of his party tricks (I've never seen it....off to buy smarties tomorrow)

His name's Chris, brothers are Jason and Marcus....
Forum: Middle East
May 26th 2007, 9:31 am
Replies: 108
Views: 5,236
Posted By Mellie66

Re: Qatar vs Dubai

As for this crock of bull........Ive been out in jodphurs/baggy shirt/no makeup/baseball cap...stinking of horses and been followed round by grubby little workmen....I certainly didnt have my 'goods...
Forum: Middle East
May 26th 2007, 9:18 am
Replies: 108
Views: 5,236
Posted By Mellie66

Re: Qatar vs Dubai

Oh, just noticed this thread.....

*rubs hands together*

We have been here 2 and a half years, came here after 4 years in Saudi. It seemed like Paradise...hmm....you can buy beer at the booze...
Forum: Middle East
May 26th 2007, 7:00 am
Replies: 43
Views: 3,135
Posted By Mellie66

Re: Newbie possibly moving to Qatar, help needed..

pining for somewhere that isnt in the midst of a cultural drought/social drought! lol (dont get me wrong, if you like bbqs and parties that finish at 10pm, you could be set for life lol)

off to...
Forum: Middle East
May 26th 2007, 6:42 am
Replies: 42
Views: 8,933
Posted By Mellie66

Re: Has anyone Heard of Bandar Sudairi, Riyadh?

Glyn,

My hubby lived there! He went there about 74/75. He would have been about 8/9 then. He was the oldest of 3 boys (they would have been 7 & 4..ish.) and still talks wistfully about Bandar...
Forum: Middle East
May 26th 2007, 6:32 am
Replies: 43
Views: 3,135
Posted By Mellie66

Re: Newbie possibly moving to Qatar, help needed..

We got a 4 bedroomed, brand new villa, with a 5th bedroom downstairs (computer room now), 5 bathrooms & a maids block with seperate kitchen and bathroom for 15k a month in a nice part of town. Decent...
Forum: Middle East
Apr 28th 2007, 11:03 am
Replies: 5
Views: 452
Posted By Mellie66

Re: On-line TV coming soon

Channel 4 and Sky have progs online, but you cant access those if you are outside the UK :frown:
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