I just wanted to comment on the shocked silence that followed your post!
People/fun weekends???? Ha, Ha, Ha! Funny.
Dancing and music scene??? Yeah right, I haven't danced a Pasodoble since I got here...
Anyways, I don't want to put you off. I really don't know anything about the american school, so can't help you there, but I hope someone else does.
Pros and Cons to live in Qatar:
(Now this is only my point of view, which of course can be different from others).
CONS:
* Wheather: You're looking at really hot temperatures. From April to September the heat is so extreme, you can only stay in-doors.
* Rents: Make sure your package includes accomodation. Otherwise you will feel qataris are giving you the money with one hand and taking it back with the other, and you will be stuck working working working.
Social life / enterteinment: Non existent.
Apart from the Corniche, which is gorgeous, Doha is a really unkept, messy city. There are holes everywhere. Traffic is a nightmare.
PROS: I'm sure there must be something, otherwise people wouldn't be coming here to work, I just havent' discovered them yet...
So, sorry I can't be much help but wishing you good luck and I hope you get a job with the american school.
Hi Kat,
I just wanted to comment on the shocked silence that followed your post!
People/fun weekends???? Ha, Ha, Ha! Funny.
Dancing and music scene??? Yeah right, I haven't danced a Pasodoble since I got here...
Anyways, I don't want to put you off. I really don't know anything about the american school, so can't help you there, but I hope someone else does.
Pros and Cons to live in Qatar:
(Now this is only my point of view, which of course can be different from others).
CONS:
* Wheather: You're looking at really hot temperatures. From April to September the heat is so extreme, you can only stay in-doors.
* Rents: Make sure your package includes accomodation. Otherwise you will feel qataris are giving you the money with one hand and taking it back with the other, and you will be stuck working working working.
Social life / enterteinment: Non existent.
Apart from the Corniche, which is gorgeous, Doha is a really unkept, messy city. There are holes everywhere. Traffic is a nightmare.
PROS: I'm sure there must be something, otherwise people wouldn't be coming here to work, I just havent' discovered them yet...
So, sorry I can't be much help but wishing you good luck and I hope you get a job with the american school.
Butterfly