Its been over 3 months since we moved to the city of Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates. Its a city in the desert, inland from Dubai and Abu Dhabi, originally started, from what I can gather, as an oasis.
We are living in a 4 bedroom villa in the district of Zakher, close to Jebel Hafeet, the most famous (but not the highest) mountain in the UAE. It is a semi-detached villa in a small compound of 5 villas. Our neighbours include 3 South African families and one British family. We share a wall with the British family who are really great people. They have 2 kids: a 5 year old boy called James and a 2 year old little miss called Robyn. JJ, our son, adores James and they spend every moment they can together. Their mom, Pauline, is rapidly becoming my good friend and we love a good chinwag over a brew with the kids screaming up a storm. We have spent many an evening having a braai (barbeque) and drinking up gallons of wine/ Savannah Light.
I am starting this blog to document our time in the UAE and our adjustment to life over here in the hopes that perhaps it may help others in similar situations or simply inform those that are far, keeping them close. I trust that an understanding of where we are at this time in our lives will be formed and that people will become educated in the ways of the Middle East along with me.
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