I accepted a position as am English Teacher at a Private School in Khartoum and will arrive in Sudan in mid-July. I would appreciate it if any one could fill me in about life in Sudan in regards to:
1. Appropriate clothes for a woman to wear 2. BestCe ll Phone Service Provider 3. Best Bank 4. FB/Whatsapp/G-mail : are they blocked there ?? Would I need VPN?? 5. General things I need to prepare for 6. Public transport 7. Common pitfalls and problems 8. Safety ??
hi nassie and wlcomu in sudan 1-Appropriate clothes for a woman to wear ,you can wear trousers with a shirt or T-Shirt also u can wear Wear a skirt below the knee and if you want go to night party you can wear any Long dress or short .
2-BestCe ll Phone Service Provider(there are 3 Telecom companies zain,sudani and mtn There is no one better than the other u can use anyone And all of them have a reduction in the price of calls especially sudani and if u want to use internet all All telecommunications companies in the internet service is poor by theway when u come first used zain .
3. Best Bank ( in this part i dont know but i think all sudanese Use the Faisal Islamic Bank also and bank of khartoum) also i think Sudanese French Bank has Excellent banking services.
4-FB/Whatsapp/G-mail : are they blocked there ?? Would I need VPN?? ( nothing is blocked you can used all of them and you dont need vpn)
5-General things I need to prepare for ( really idont know )
6- Public transport(Buses to the general public carrying more than thirty people and there is a private taxi (u can called it taxi or amjad )individual transportation service, but the price differs from the price of bass 7-saftey khartoum is saftey so dont worry