4 days visiting the oasis known as AlUla. Where farmland and luxury go hand in hand.
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Saudi Arabia is unique in the region for requiring its expatriates to pay a visa fee each and every time they wish to re-enter the country. This is known as the exit/re-entry visa and it applies to expats residing in Saudi Arabia.
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Though we haven’t been there long and have spent a number of months quarantined outside the kingdom, we’ve still managed a number of culturally rich experiences living in Saudi Arabia. I gave more thought to the obstacles we faced once settling into the kingdom and came up with 5 of the greatest challenges of life in the Middle East.
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Bahrain lies in the Persian Gulf, in between Qatar and the east coast of Saudi Arabia. It blows my mind that in the same amount of time it would take us to drive across Houston, Texas, we can now cross a border (on a bridge, over the gulf) and enter another country.
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We’re just over one week in the Kingdom and settling into our new normal. While it’s too soon to make a definitive statement about the merit of our decision; thus far it feels like the perfect choice for us.
To ease the concerns of friends and family in our decision to move to the Middle East, I want to share the pros and cons of our new address. You’ll see the pros greatly outnumber the con(s).
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