Thanks for your reply tg but personally I would not move my family to Bahrain as they are (strangely enough) perfectly happy here! We would not want to live separately and we are under no pressure to go as things are goig well both at work and at home.

I agree that Bahrain is a lovely place, one which we have visited many times, but the reason I am on this board is that I have been approached about a specific opportunity in Qatar, so am trying to find out more about life in Doha. I would imagine living in Doha is closer to life in Bahrain, than Saudi?