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ShaunB

Hi all,

I've just been offered a job in Dubai and I've got a question. What's the quality of the public transport over there? Although I can drive, I'm not the greatest fan of it. Is it possible to get around using the public transport?

Thanks,
Shaun

ShaunB

Hi,

Thanks, so how expensive are the taxis?

Cheers,
Shaun

ShaunB

Hi all, I'm just about to sign a contract to come to Dubai. Along with a couple of collegues. I've just wondering about a couple of things, hope you guys can help me. How stable is the Dirum? I and another collegue are from the UK and have bills to pay back there. Our salary will be in local currenc...

ShaunB

Hi all, I'm looking on recommendations on good places to live for a 34 year old single professional to live. I will be getting a relocation agency to help me but in my experiance, there are a lot of benefits to checking things out yourself. My allowance from my company is 110k but I add to that a li...

ShaunB

Hi, Thanks. That helps a lot. I've been asking about currency fluctuation protection with my company, which basically means linking your salary to the US Dollar or Euro. They don't seem to be sure what I'm talking about. If they mentioned the AED is already linked to the USD, it would have answered ...

ShaunB

Ok. Onetickin, I'm not at looking at playing the market, just interested in making sure the currency I'm being paid in will be worth something back home or elsewhere. Arniegane, by what you've said and the (little) research I've done. The currency is fairly stable. I think my collegues and I can all...

ShaunB

Hi there all,

Does anyone have any suggestions of decent accomodation near Internet City. I'm moving to Dubai in May and it seems that I may be working there. Have 110k AED to spend per year and would like 2 bedrooms, pool and air-con.

Any ideas guys?

Thanks
Shaun

ShaunB

Hi guys, I'm based in Australia right now but moving to Dubai soon. I'm thinking about buying a MacBook Pro but wondering if it's worth waiting until I get to Dubai, it might be cheaper there. The price of one here is 8.200 AED. Does anyone have any idea how much it would cost me in Dubai? Thanks in...

ShaunB

Thanks buddy. I was thinking about the warranty issue and it'll also save me lugging it across to Dubai from here. Will wait a couple of weeks.

ShaunB

Hi all, OK, maybe this should be posted in the "Expat Guide" forum but that seems to more concerned with the practicalities of moving to Dubai, rahter than the "touchy feely" stuff",so I'm posting here. I'll soon be in Dubai, I'm wondering what's the best things to do / places to visit / things to l...

ShaunB

Hi there, Well, almost there. Now at the stage of getting the removal company to come and pick my stuff up. Should happen on Friday. Question though. I have a large collections of DVDs and books. Nothing dodgy in the western sense, mostly hollywood stuff in the DVD side, maybe a few political books....

ShaunB

Hi, Thanks for the advice people, extremely helpful as have all the replies I've had so far on here. I don't have any medicines to bring with me or pirate movies, p<3n and of course the alcohol is out of question, I'm making a point of using that up in my last week here, hic. I get the impression th...

ShaunB

Thanks for all the replies. I guess I should explore the apartment options also. Anyway, I'll be landing in Dubai on Friday, so I'll be able to check things out personelly soon. Looking forward to it.

ShaunB

Hi,

I did get your PM, thanks. My company is organising a relocation firm to help me find somewhere. So, I'll it to them for now but if I need help, I will definately get in touch.

Cheers,
Shaun

ShaunB

I've had my things shipped around a few times now, Uk to Finland to Denmark to Sweden to Australia and now currently enroute to Dubai. One thing I've learnt is that make sure your present when they are packing and give them exact instructions what to pack. If you don't, they will pack up everything,...

ShaunB

Hi, One thing to make sure of. If your company is paying the shipping costs, make sure they have an arrangement with the shipping company whereby they will actually put the container on a ship before the invoice has been paid. My company didn't and now I've been here a month and my stuff is still in...

ShaunB

Hi there, Was wondering if anyone knows anything about this. We need to setup a 24/7 emergancy call out rota at work. We've figured out that the Etisalat mobile network simply isn't reliable enough, so we're thinking about pagers or sat-phones. Anyone know if there are any companies providing a reli...

ShaunB

Anyone know if there's anywhere showing the Aus - NZ Rugby tomorrow?

ShaunB

One theory one of my friends came up with was that pork tends to rot a lot more quickly than other meats. Given the tempertures in this region and the lack of refridgeration back then, it probably wasn't a good idea to eat the stuff. My friend used to be a proffesor in Oxford, so I tend to listen to...

ShaunB

Don't get too exited. If you read the full article in the paper edition of 7Days, 'Skype, the popular site that allows people to talk to friends and family across the world for next to nothing remains blocked.'

Sorry guys!

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First week in Dubai

Bringing DVDs, Videos and Boooks into Dubai

pagers / sat phones?

Rugby tomorrow

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