Yes, that's right! A family of 3 + 2 dogs are making our way from Cairo, Egypt to Beijing, China.
The change of pace will be completely different as well as the culture shock. We are looking for a 2 bedroom apartment in the Chaoyang District. I was told (my a relator) that is I want to live in the Eastern (I think) part of the district I am looking at almost 40,000RMB a month on rent.
Let's be honest, I will not and cannot afford that. I am looking at staying around the 5,000RMB/month rent. Is this something that is possible?
Another thing, I have read online that there are Islamic communities in the Chaoyang district...does anyone know about these?
As for bringing the dogs over, I heard that the quarantine period has been reduced from 1 month to 1 week. That's great news but wondered how (or if) I can get around these. One of our dogs is very old and we don't think she would survive that 1 week of stress. I was told that since she has tumors on her we could get a vet to write a note stating that she has medical issues that would be too difficult or outrageous for anyone other than us to deal with on a daily basis. She also could become aggressive and attack (but I don't want to tell them that unless absolutely necessary).
We look forward to the new home that awaits us...it will be a change that we are welcoming.
Thanks for any advice!