So how did you get here?
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Out of interest really, just interested to know how/why what drew fellow PHers out here? I mean the Middle East isnt for everyone and we cant all be here just for cheap petrol! Was it a job you already had back home that had a position open up over here or like myself actually looked for a job in the GCC?
My dad worked for a Sheikh in Q8 in the 70's before he met my mum, then we lived in Dubai/RAK in 84/85/86ish, i came to Dubai for a bit in the early 2000's but didnt hang around long and now i'm in Bahrain. So ive had a conection with this part of the world for a while, hence what drew me back out here.
Like i said purely out of interest and being nosey and bored at work on a Saturday......!!!
My dad worked for a Sheikh in Q8 in the 70's before he met my mum, then we lived in Dubai/RAK in 84/85/86ish, i came to Dubai for a bit in the early 2000's but didnt hang around long and now i'm in Bahrain. So ive had a conection with this part of the world for a while, hence what drew me back out here.
Like i said purely out of interest and being nosey and bored at work on a Saturday......!!!
Wow, interesting answers thanks! 
Seems we are all on the same wavelength when it comes to Blighty as well, i'll be going home at some point but would never rule out coming back to the ME.
I have always wanted to live and work in the US but homeland security make sure that will never happen! Especially now with Middle East visas in my passport!! Working in O&G could be a way in but all i know about that is burning O through an engine and producing G through my body!!
Seems we are all on the same wavelength when it comes to Blighty as well, i'll be going home at some point but would never rule out coming back to the ME.I have always wanted to live and work in the US but homeland security make sure that will never happen! Especially now with Middle East visas in my passport!! Working in O&G could be a way in but all i know about that is burning O through an engine and producing G through my body!!
dxbtiger said:
moved here in 85 at the tender age of 6, stayed here until 95 where I moved back to the UK.
Here in 85!? Where did you live?? We probably crossed paths? Although i cant remeber without exact dates if we were living in Dubai still or RAK, when we lived in Dubai we lived in Desert Springs, in 2005 it was still there although run down to hell and right next to the Mall of the Emirates so its probably a highway now, cant remeber seeing it on my recent visits like last month.Great pics!! Nice to see that Gulf Air hasnt changed much!!
Ive got stacks of photos back home from 85/86 Dubai and RAK, most are family shots and my parents drunk but there are a few which will have some people guessing as to whats there today or not as the case maybe!!
My dads ones from when he was young and single in Kuwait in the 70's are the best!! He had a brand new gloss black Fleetwood Caddy with bright red leather interior, add to that the hair and flairs!!
Ive got stacks of photos back home from 85/86 Dubai and RAK, most are family shots and my parents drunk but there are a few which will have some people guessing as to whats there today or not as the case maybe!!
My dads ones from when he was young and single in Kuwait in the 70's are the best!! He had a brand new gloss black Fleetwood Caddy with bright red leather interior, add to that the hair and flairs!!
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