Rebuttal to previous post - from a long term family resident perspective

I'm sorry that the previous poster finds Kuwait to be such a negative place, seems like a good idea that he moves on after his "short" stint here. I've also worked in Qatar and before that Bahrain and yes they are most definitely "chalk and cheese" when compared with Kuwait.

However he's out here on a batchelor status, when compared to family status and the stability that having your family with you, it can make all the difference.

Yes the driving is difficult, wouldn't call it suicidal but you do have to keep your eyes open (unlike the locals that have Allah looking after them), yes the bureaucracy is again difficult, but if you're working for a decent company then this is all normally taken care of by the "mandoob", it's not necessarily something that you have to do yourself (and that goes for non-working family members any decent company will assist in this).

Beside all these 'difficulties' how is it then that there are so many of us western expats here, there's at least 4000 Brits, god knows how many Yanks (not counting the military) along with numerous other nationalities.

Yes life is what you make of it and yes most expats moan, but in reality a lot of them don't want to return to the homeland and I include myself in that bracket.

S 16 May 2007, 03:21 - Report