British family preparing for visit to Doha

bunty999
By bunty999

Hi Everyone,

I am preparing for a 4 Day visit to sample life in Doha , i will then hopefully start a 6-3 Rotation in Middle/late Septemeber before moving my family out in January. I will be working for a company called BJ Services in offices in Doha.Has anyone heard of them and no where they have thier accomodation or compounds and /or what they are like? The offices are on Salwa Road Industrial Area are they close to city centre? Durung my brief visit are thier any suggestions on where i should visit.I will be bringing my family out in January and we will then have a 6 month boy is there alot of activities for my wife to get involved in and is getting about fairly easy ?i will be looking into to buying a decent 4x4 as well.I am very interested in getting into a social community of Golfers if possible and i can afford it anybody now of any groups regarding this. We really hope we can make lots of friends out in Qatar and have a adventure.

David & Tonia

By anonymous• 25 Aug 2010 01:48
anonymous

Hello Dear Mr. David,

First of all you are more than welcome here in Qatar

there is an upcoming holiday here which will be between 8 - 18 of Sep. so it will be better to come after it, because you will need to process your medical checkup, finger-print, resident permit ... etc

I am working in Hamad Medical Hospital, if you need any help contact me [email protected]

hope that you will enjoy your time here

regards.

By yarabbu2000• 24 Aug 2010 22:45
yarabbu2000

Please give your company in brief.

Salwa road is the one of the busy road in Doha.

But it’s far from city center…

By Colt45• 24 Aug 2010 22:01
Colt45

Salwa Road Industrial Area is not in the city centre. That being said, it is not in a remote area either, it's about 30mins drive from the centre of the city to there and sometimes the traffic is annoying.

Ask you wife to join the Mums group here on QL, she will probably like it. Transport will not be a problem if both of you drive, if not, then there are always taxi's, although the govt. run taxi's can be quite a pain sometimes. There are also limo services for a higher fare, but reliable.

Hope you enjoy your time here, Good Luck! :-)

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