Any experience of Saudi Arabia????

[thelace]

http://wikitravel.org/en/Saudi_Arabia

"Although a fair percentage of Saudi drivers are suicidal, homicidal or insane, the majority of Saudi drivers are all three, and the country has some of the highest accident rates in the world. Accidents are common, and if a visitor is involved in one, they would be exposed to the extremely punitive Saudi legal system; see elsewhere on this page for the warnings about that."

Driving in and out over the causeway from Bahrain every day it looked like the Yanks had invaded...

Burnt out shells of cars littering the side of the road, many still on fire. At least 2 new accidents each way, each day. The Saudi government don't accept that it happens, hence it doesn't happen!

[naijamanuk]

does anyone know any agencies etc that recruit in the IT field for Saudi or other Gulf states

[scooterscot]

I once heard someone say the 3 d's for working in Saudi:

Debt

Divorce

Drink

[Liability]

Just watch The Kingdom - lol awesome movie mind you

[tim123]

I worked in Saudi (Dharan) for 4 years in the 90's. I was paying approx £6k pa for a 1 bed flat in a compound in Al -Khobar.
Bahrain would be good if you can get a multi exit/re-entry visa, however most jobs won't let you have one and you will have to surrender your passport to your sponsor.
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What's the point of advertising that you give 90 days holiday (not as good as it sounds) if you won't let people use it?

tim

[Olly]

90 days is probably exactly that - 90 days out of the country.
seriously, unless you're muslim (and a pretty keen one at that) looking to be in an arab enivronment, or getting a huge rate, then don't contemplate it for anything longer than 6 months.

Not many non-muslims get a chance to go to Saudi, actually not many people at all get the chance to see a bit of the country and stay a while. It's worth it just to see what's going on out there - believe me you won't be impressed by much of it, but certainly a fairly unique experience