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Latest post on 07 March 2011 - 06:17

Why anyone would want to endure the sun-baked purgatory of July and August is beyond me. I stay as my husband has to, so I sit it out because I should be here with him.

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Latest post on 07 March 2011 - 06:16

I spent a couple of summers in Dubai with three kids. We lived in compounds with airconditioned gyms, chilled pools, airconditioned villas. No hardship at all really. Turning night into day works well too.

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Latest post on 07 March 2011 - 06:11

I have spent the best part of every summer here for the last 6 years and survived to tell the tale! It is hot but everywhere is air conditioned and i also enjoy the quieter roads/malls etc. On the education front - you stand a much better chance of getting a place in a good British school for your child starting in the summer term, compared to looking for a Year 2 place to start in September. If it were me I'd be contacting the school registrars now and asking for an April place! Schools here can only take new arrivals' children in the last term, no children can transfer between school in Dubai then, so a school would rather have a bum on a seat (and the cash in the bank) than wait for a newbie to start in Sept.

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Latest post on 07 March 2011 - 00:02

I only spent one summer in Dubai (plus a few weeks of the summer before in Abu Dhabi) and I found the heat, poor air quality and humidity almost unbearable, and the claustrophobia of being eternally indoors just awful. I also discovered, after leaving Dubai, that I had a serious Vitamin D deficiency (presumably from lack of sunlight, though I did genuinely try to spend 20 minutes in the sun every day.) Then again, I am Irish, prefer chilly, damp weather, and don't care for even the hotter parts of northern European summers, so I was never going to find it easy.

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 23:51

It really isn't that bad-not for Aussies anyway-just stay in in the middle of the day if you can-I still walk every night through Summer

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 23:43

Why anyone would want to endure the sun-baked purgatory of July and August is beyond me. s Because that is where we choose to live?? Its the Middle East...Its' hot! <em>edited by captainjacky on 06/03/2011</em>

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 23:40

Summer seems to start earlier and end later every year too... the humidity doesn't seem to drop until around November, and it starts climbing again in April :(

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 23:38

Its revolting for 6 months of the year , May-Nov are really bad. You cant do anything outside during the day. Succint and accurate!

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 23:36

Why anyone would want to endure the sun-baked purgatory of July and August is beyond me.

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 23:01

Hard to say really.... Some mums do take off...But from my experience, alot sit it out. Think you need to be creative in terms of home activities... But lots do it and playgroups etc still exist. Think of it as a bonding time with your LO's... then open the vino at 7pm!!

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 22:55

but your hotel, villa, car, all shops, malls, restaurants, and a wide choice of indoor activities for children are fully a/c'd. So its just getting from the house into the car/car into the mall which is an issue That's another one of the downsides to summer in Dubai - you spend nearly all of your leisure time indoors, either at home or at yet another ****** mall. The novelty of the malls wears off VERY quickly! Yes, there are lots of activities for kids, but it means you have to be putting your hand in your pocket all the time because they are rarely free. While it's true that nowhere near as many people leave for the whole summer as used to be the case, if you *can* arrange to spend time elsewhere during the Dubai summer, do it. Breathe some real fresh air, see some real greenery that's truly natural and isn't only kept alive by watering with reprocessed sewage, enjoy being outside doing things for free!

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 22:22

I think a lot of how you deal with the heat/Ramadan depends on whe you come from and your family situation. I am a queen slander so the heat wasn't [i'>too[/i'>bad but not something I will endure willingly again The hardest thing if you have kids, is that most families do take off for a good chunk of the Summer and most certainly a large portion of Ramadan. Not having other kids for mine to play with was a killer last year. This year we are taking the whole of August and Ramadan and heading overseas.... Somewhere (anywhere!!) <em>edited by Little Poppet on 06/03/2011</em>

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 22:21

If it's 35C in the UK it's much worse than when it nudges 50C here [url=http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~jskong/orly.gif'>orly?![/url'> I love that link Hello Again Kitty!! It has come in so useful on so many occasions... I love conversations that require it! :) (I take it you saw the whole 3-slide sequence)

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 22:16

If it's 35C in the UK it's much worse than when it nudges 50C here [url=http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~jskong/orly.gif'>orly?![/url'> I love that link Hello Again Kitty!!

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 22:14

If it's 35C in the UK it's much worse than when it nudges 50C here [url=http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~jskong/orly.gif'>orly?![/url'>

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 22:10

Everyone likes to moan about it, but it's not that bad and you just get on with it like 90% the people here who don't have the urge to leave their other halves here for a couple of months while they go off and holiday! Ok you might get a little sweaty walking to your car and have to dine indoors for a few months (shock, horror - only 9 months of dining /lazing outdoors). You know some people even have to work outside doing manual labour the whole summer. If it's 35C in the UK it's much worse than when it nudges 50C here - as the other ladies say, this place is geared up for it. AC everywhere - you go from your AC car to your AC in your home / place of work / shopping mall and it's not expected that you have to be out for any length of time as there is no need to walk outdoors that much really (we even have drive through ATMs..). The only time it really tests me is during Ramadan when you can't drink a sip of water when you're out without hiding in a toilet cubicle. I would definitely not recommend arriving during Ramadan.

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 22:08

This is my 5th year, the first two summers I spent in Dubai, I suggest you do the following to see if think you can manage July/August. 1. Switch your oven on to 200 degrees 2. Half fill a roasting tin with water 3. Put roasting tin in oven for half an hour 4. Open oven door fully 6. Keep your head in front of oven with steam and hot air until you can bear it no longer And that my lovely is Dubai in the summer! Th majority of people here rent their home and we did the same the first two years but bit the bullet and had our house back, which we now use for holidays and trips back and forth and let me tell you it is worth every penny! We now have the best of both worlds Dubai and the UK. Wishing you a very warm welccome, Dubai is fab, come with an open mind and you will have loads of fun! Bunny x

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 22:03

I am Australian and have been through 2 Dubai summers without a problem. The only thing I find frustrating is how high the malls and my office have the air-con on. Brrrr! That's another thing newbies ought to know; ALWAYS take a cardie/pashmina/or similar when you go to the Malls or out to restaurants. ;)

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 22:03

Its revolting for 6 months of the year , May-Nov are really bad. You cant do anything outside during the day.

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 21:58

Really it depends on what country you are coming from. As we are Aussies and from Queensland the Summers aren't that bad! We are always in the pool and the Sun doesn't have the intensity it does back in OZ. Here everything has A/C not like back home soy are better off here. Remember you wont melt if you do venture outside! hehe - whereas I'm from the UK and do start melting when it gets about 35 degrees! It ain't pretty! lol And I am Danish and usually near death before the end of May.....

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 21:44

Just imagine you have quite literally stepped into an oven, and it is burning your skin .....while your head is trapped in a bubble and breathing is like you have been locked in a sauna.... it is enough to sizzle the brain cells, cos we really cannot seem to remember it, especially the last few days of breezes....

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 21:43

Really it depends on what country you are coming from. As we are Aussies and from Queensland the Summers aren't that bad! We are always in the pool and the Sun doesn't have the intensity it does back in OZ. Here everything has A/C not like back home soy are better off here. Remember you wont melt if you do venture outside! hehe - whereas I'm from the UK and do start melting when it gets about 35 degrees! It ain't pretty! lol

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 21:38

I am Australian and have been through 2 Dubai summers without a problem. The only thing I find frustrating is how high the malls and my office have the air-con on.

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 21:30

Really it depends on what country you are coming from. As we are Aussies and from Queensland the Summers aren't that bad! We are always in the pool and the Sun doesn't have the intensity it does back in OZ. Here everything has A/C not like back home soy are better off here. Remember you wont melt if you do venture outside!

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 20:59

Basically, as long as you're under no illusion that you simply won't be able to stay outside for any length of time (like more than 3-5 minutes) between 9h30 and 16h30 then you'll be fine. It's too hot to go swimming between those hours, for example. You'll find yourself in the strange situation of only wanting to go to the pool when it's shaded! I actually find Ramadan during the hotter months easier to cope with for exactly that reason - you spend most of your time indoors, in the privacy of your own home, so the fasting doesn't affect you. July is the most unbearable month because it's hot and humid, but I came back to Dubai from the south of France in the middle of August and actually found it to be very similar! If I were you though, I'd still come out in April - just to help acclimatise yourself and make friends.

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 20:19

LOADS of expat families arrive in August, and more and more families stay, or stay for longer over the summer months - who wants to / can afford to spend weeks away from home? We keep running the ExpatWoman Coffee Mornings & ExpatMums & Tots groups through the summer as a starting point for newcomers to meet others. The weather is horrid - hot and steamy - but your hotel, villa, car, all shops, malls, restaurants, and a wide choice of indoor activities for children are fully a/c'd. So its just getting from the house into the car/car into the mall which is an issue - not so bad! Ramadan shifts back 10 days every year and this year will cover the whole of August so, more than ever, from an expat family perspective, Dubai will be a bit of a ghost town. On the up side - its the ideal time to get used to driving / finding your way around whilst the roads are quieter. And dead easy to find a parking space! <em>edited by admin on 06/03/2011</em>

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 20:18

Summer here is depressing. We head back to Geneva for the month of August. I spent the summer here in 2007 when we first arrived and almost needed psych work afterward. Not great for a newbie Et pis, j'adore ton nom d'utilisateur, ca me rappelle notre belle region du monde...Bienvenue a Dubai. Merci beaucoup! Je viendrai avec des reblochons, on fera une Savoie-Party... (Pas d'importation de génépi je présume...)

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 20:17

Un reblochon! On reve! Non, en effet, je suis londonienne, mon mari Athenien et notre fille Genevoise. Mais nous sommes suisses, ici.. Ca fait 20 ans qu'on vivait a Geneve avant de venir ici. J'ai aussi un frere au Canada, mais Vancouver.. Samoens me dit quelquechose, mais je vois pas ou se trouve Reignier. Notre voisine ici est Valaisanne, il va falloir que les Suisse Romandes se reunissent! A bientot, et surtout ne te stresse pas! On est la! On a aussi vécu à Londres pendant 4 ans! Tous les chemins se croisent... A bientôt j'espère! (PS: Reignier= sur le Petit-Salève, à 10 km de Genève, côté Annemasse.)

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 20:01

simpleasabc: Bonjour! Je suis canadienne mais dans la région Genève/Haute-Savoie depuis 2002 (sauf un petit saut en Ouganda, 2008-9) avec mon mari zimbabwéen et notre fille née en Suisse. On habite à Reignier mais on est actuellement au ski à Samoëns. Et toi? Une Savoyarde à Dubaï? Je t'apporterai un reblochon! Un reblochon! On reve! Non, en effet, je suis londonienne, mon mari Athenien et notre fille Genevoise. Mais nous sommes suisses, ici.. Ca fait 20 ans qu'on vivait a Geneve avant de venir ici. J'ai aussi un frere au Canada, mais Vancouver.. Samoens me dit quelquechose, mais je vois pas ou se trouve Reignier. Notre voisine ici est Valaisanne, il va falloir que les Suisse Romandes se reunissent! A bientot, et surtout ne te stresse pas! On est la!

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 19:59

Summer here is depressing. We head back to Geneva for the month of August. I spent the summer here in 2007 when we first arrived and almost needed psych work afterward. Not great for a newbie Et pis, j'adore ton nom d'utilisateur, ca me rappelle notre belle region du monde...Bienvenue a Dubai.

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