Post by Chris Papa on Feb 10, 2014 2:16:58 GMT
Hi everyone, I received an offer to work in Dhahran and live in Abqiaq.
RT, Rakha and Dhahran are not available to me.
I’m aware of the positives and negatives of living in Abqaiq.
So I’m questioning, will a gated residential compound in Al Khobar be (or anywhere in the city of Dammam) better?
Whats leading me to seek accommodation outside the Aramco compound is
1) The commute to and from Dhahran
2) My wife (dependent visa) can’t be contained inside a home. She’s cosmopolitan, she likes to go out to markets and walk around the city and explore. Abqaiq seems a little remote.
The negatives of a non-aramco compound
1) Less secure
2) More expensive – paying for living expenses
3) The mutawa (religious police) can come into a non-aramco gated compound (is this true?)
4) For medical, will have to go to an Aramco approved clinic.
Tough decision. But I really don’t want to catch a bus at 5:30 in the morning or drive on a dangerous highway to get to work
RT, Rakha and Dhahran are not available to me.
I’m aware of the positives and negatives of living in Abqaiq.
So I’m questioning, will a gated residential compound in Al Khobar be (or anywhere in the city of Dammam) better?
Whats leading me to seek accommodation outside the Aramco compound is
1) The commute to and from Dhahran
2) My wife (dependent visa) can’t be contained inside a home. She’s cosmopolitan, she likes to go out to markets and walk around the city and explore. Abqaiq seems a little remote.
The negatives of a non-aramco compound
1) Less secure
2) More expensive – paying for living expenses
3) The mutawa (religious police) can come into a non-aramco gated compound (is this true?)
4) For medical, will have to go to an Aramco approved clinic.
Tough decision. But I really don’t want to catch a bus at 5:30 in the morning or drive on a dangerous highway to get to work
