Daughter - The most she's going to get is stares. She could be the ugliest blonde girl on the planet and wearing the ugliest clothes and she will still get stares. Now I don't suggest she go off the the souqs by herself but at the malls she should be OK. The more conservative she dresses the more comfortable she will probably feel.
Transportation - your wife will not want to take the bus at all, anywhere. Karwa taxis are very unreliable as far as coming to your house. You can catch them pretty easy from the bigger malls but then you need to know your way home because a lot of the drivers are very new. If you use a "limo" service a couple times you can get to know the driver and just call that driver every time. Much more reliable. BTW, so your wife doesn't think she'll be riding around like the Queen, these aren't "real" limos. Just nicer cars than the taxis.
Schooling - There are several good schools that follow the British plan and give priority to kids holding British passports. Pick one and get your kid on the waiting list ASAP.
Community - It may take awhile to find your groove with new friends and whatnot but it's really not that bad here. You will really be surprised how unbelievably "normal" things are here. Not to say some things/policies won't drive you insane but you just have to learn to deal with it and it's really not that bad. HOT but not that bad.
Hi -
Just my input on some of your questions...
Daughter - The most she's going to get is stares. She could be the ugliest blonde girl on the planet and wearing the ugliest clothes and she will still get stares. Now I don't suggest she go off the the souqs by herself but at the malls she should be OK. The more conservative she dresses the more comfortable she will probably feel.
Transportation - your wife will not want to take the bus at all, anywhere. Karwa taxis are very unreliable as far as coming to your house. You can catch them pretty easy from the bigger malls but then you need to know your way home because a lot of the drivers are very new. If you use a "limo" service a couple times you can get to know the driver and just call that driver every time. Much more reliable. BTW, so your wife doesn't think she'll be riding around like the Queen, these aren't "real" limos. Just nicer cars than the taxis.
Schooling - There are several good schools that follow the British plan and give priority to kids holding British passports. Pick one and get your kid on the waiting list ASAP.
Community - It may take awhile to find your groove with new friends and whatnot but it's really not that bad here. You will really be surprised how unbelievably "normal" things are here. Not to say some things/policies won't drive you insane but you just have to learn to deal with it and it's really not that bad. HOT but not that bad.