Hello,
I have approximately eight years in Saudi Arabia and another contract in Kuwait. I have taught Military, Banking, and Petrochemical company employees. I have also done a contract as Sr. Instructor for the Kuwaiti Air Defense Forces. In my work I have probably been to about forty different cities while level testing. In about three weeks I am going to another country in the Middle East because I want to go Scuba Diving every weekend for a few months.

Just don't be an Ethnochentric J##k O#f and expect them to be like you want them to and you should do fine. Find something to do besides sitting cooped up in your flat eating Noodle dishes with the other expats while you have a b##ch session and develop obscure exercises on the comma. But that goes for every country.

Don't be afraid to go to the Middle East. It may not be what you are used to but you can bet it will be different. Once you learn HOW to live there, it can be a lot of fun. Oh yea. You have to like Biege.

Also, remember that your concept of something and theirs are completely different. You can look at a chair and they will have a different idea about that chair than you do. Your ideas will almost NEVER CROSS and be the same.

gharwell1