Returning to Riding need Support/Riding buddies?

[shootingstar]

Hmmm. Well it is very Western there. Living in a new country has lots of challenges (CR is the third non-US country I have lived in) but, the UAE wasn't as difficult as you would think. If I were not white and obviously "Western" I would have had more problems for sure. But overall I wasn't affected much by the Islamic culture (in a negative way). There are many other difficult issues that had nothing to do with Islam. I think preparation was key, I knew about the rules well before I arrived so I was prepared and excited to experience a new culture. The hardest part was having to walk from the car to the shop in 120 degree weather in long sleeves and jeans!

I knew a woman worked in Dubai for a few months ...50 degree C weather. She came from the Philippines and has engineering college education.
Sorry to say but some of the Middle Eastern countries have a lot to clean-up how they do treat some of their temporary (construction) labourers which includes their nannies from abroad.