Hi there,
just looking for some advice and info regarding moving to Muscat this August. My wife has been offered a teaching job, she´s from Finland in her mid 40s, me from UK, a young 52 no kids. We are both social outgoing people, eating out, movie nights, beaches days, hiking, biking, a good chat at a coffee shop, meeting new friends, I enjoy watching live sport or live tv sport.
We have never lived in the Middle East and was just wondering what life is like there for a middle age couple. We are now living/working in Helsinki Finland" terrible winters" and in the past I lived in Los Angeles for over 10 years. We enjoy new experiences, travelling to sunny places, lots of outdoor activities so this might be a good/fun opportunity due to Muscat looks amazing with its culture/history, old buildings, lovely sunny coastline and mountains.
Things which are my mind, is there a big culture shock for western people moving to Oman, is it easy or hard to adjust to a non Western lifestyle and I hear customer service and getting things sorted is problematic. Are the summers so hot life becomes a indoor lifestyle? After-work and weekends what are the typical things people get up to for fun and socializing? My wife is the one with the job which means I will have to try to find a job or something to keep me busy and content? If my wife buys a car, i guess i can drive it without a work visa?
Her package is 1650 omr a month and 650 for accommodation. Would this be a ok amount of money for two people to have a enjoyable lifestyle. Also any good recommendations which area we should look at for renting and does it make sense to rent furnished or unfurnished. Is it worth shipping things from here that maybe we can´t buy there.
Thanks for any info or help