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Forum: Middle East

Sep 12th 2008, 4:43 am

Replies: 4

Leave Oman?

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Posted By Sportbilly

Leave Oman?

I'm currently working as a teacher in Oman but my contract is up in June of next year and I'm not sure about renewing. Would you move to Abu Dhabi from Oman? Positives and negatives if anyone has any...

Forum: Middle East

Sep 12th 2008, 3:47 am

Replies: 15

Job offer

Views: 1,856

Posted By Sportbilly

Re: Job offer

No chance of him losing his job - its only an offer. I've been on at him to see if he could get out to this part of the world seeing as things are so bad back in the UK at the moment but obviously it...

Forum: Middle East

Sep 11th 2008, 9:31 pm

Replies: 15

Job offer

Views: 1,856

Posted By Sportbilly

Job offer

Hi guys,

My brother has been offered a job in Abu Dhabi on 25000 AED a month tax free but then would have to pay ALL expenses. He's thinking about staying there in a apartment and flying home 4...

Forum: Middle East

Sep 5th 2008, 5:38 am

Replies: 6

Drivng home

Views: 751

Posted By Sportbilly

Re: Drivng home

Thanks for everyones input so far. If anyone else has anything to add please feel free to chip in :)

Forum: Middle East

Sep 4th 2008, 8:22 pm

Replies: 6

Drivng home

Views: 751

Posted By Sportbilly

Drivng home

Bit of a mad one this but am thinking about buying a Porsche here in Oman and somehow getting it back to the UK. I would like to drive it all the way but Saudi visas are apparently hard to come by...

Forum: Middle East

Aug 10th 2008, 9:14 pm

Replies: 8

Laptops

Views: 954

Posted By Sportbilly

Re: Laptops

I'm in Seeb.

Forum: Middle East

Aug 10th 2008, 9:12 pm

Replies: 8

Laptops

Views: 954

Posted By Sportbilly

Re: Laptops

Lol, always the same, everyone assumes films = porn. Just regular films and a few TV series/documentaries. Like I said, Showtime was getting crap for the last few months before I left and I thought I...

Forum: Middle East

Aug 10th 2008, 12:39 pm

Replies: 8

Laptops

Views: 954

Posted By Sportbilly

Laptops

Hi,

Going back out to Oman in a few days and having bought a laptop in the summer here in the UK, I wondered if anyone had any experience of taking one into Oman. Do they hassle you about duty...

Forum: Middle East

Aug 6th 2007, 5:33 am

Replies: 14

Motorbikes in Oman?

Views: 3,511

Posted By Sportbilly

Re: Motorbikes in Oman?

Still waiting to hear back from someone at the place I'm going to be working at to see if I can actually ship it out. Apparently he's waiting to hear back from the police and its supposed to be...

Forum: Middle East

Jul 30th 2007, 9:02 am

Replies: 29

Cigars??

Views: 1,562

Posted By Sportbilly

Re: Cigars??

Maybe, but apparently they are building a grass golf course next to the airport - hurray. Got to wait till 2009 though :( Till then its a sand course and a piece of astroturf - bit different to what...

Forum: Middle East

Jul 30th 2007, 5:58 am

Replies: 29

Cigars??

Views: 1,562

Posted By Sportbilly

Re: Cigars??

Thanks for the replies guys. I'll give it a go although like the man says these cigars are for special occasions only ie on a decent golf course although looking into golf courses in Oman it looks...

Forum: Middle East

Jul 28th 2007, 11:15 am

Replies: 29

Cigars??

Views: 1,562

Posted By Sportbilly

Cigars??

I'm leaving for Oman in a couple of weeks and wondered if anyone knows about what can and what can't be shipped out/ imported.

I have 20 or so really nice cuban cigars which I don't want...

Forum: Middle East

Jul 23rd 2007, 5:33 am

Replies: 14

Motorbikes in Oman?

Views: 3,511

Posted By Sportbilly

Re: Motorbikes in Oman?

Thanks for all your replies. Lots of negatives but quite a few positives as well which leaves me with a difficult decision to make. As a UK biker I'm thinking the ability to ride in guaranteed nice...

Forum: Middle East

Jul 20th 2007, 9:54 pm

Replies: 14

Motorbikes in Oman?

Views: 3,511

Posted By Sportbilly

Motorbikes in Oman?

Am relocating to Oman and considering taking my motorbike which I'll lose ridiculous amounts on if I sell it in the UK. Anyone ever done this? Are there limits to the CC's you can have in Oman? It's...

Forum: Middle East

Jul 12th 2007, 8:41 am

Replies: 2

Broadband in Oman?

Views: 642

Posted By Sportbilly

Broadband in Oman?

Hi,

Anyone know anything about broadband in Oman? Am about to head out there to start work as a teacher in a school just outside Muscat and having a bit of trouble finding anything other than the...

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