Jeddah - Post Report Question and Answers
If you move here, you can leave behind your:
Expectations of punctuality (stuff moves on a different timeframe over there). - Oct 2022
You still need your cold weather gear as you are a 8-hour flight to the Swiss Alps for vacation. - Aug 2022
Winter coat and ski gear (unless you plan to fly up to Europe for ski trips). - Nov 2020
Cold weather clothes. Expectation that women are treated equally. - Oct 2019
Winter coats and alcohol. - Mar 2019
Winter clothes. - Jan 2019
Winter clothes! - Apr 2016
Winter clothes. - Oct 2015
Winter clothes. - Oct 2015
anything that's warm - winter clothes, thick bedding,... road rage and most driving rules you've learned - Aug 2015
Winter clothes. - Feb 2014
Road rage and long sleeved shirts (you will not survive in Jeddah if you are prone to road rage -- your blood pressure will build day by day until your veins explode on your way to work and you die). - Dec 2013
Warm blankets, winter clothes, compact car, alcohol, and pornography. Alcohol is against the law here. I don't drink, so to me it's no big deal, but if you do drink, rest assured that you will not go thirsty in the expat community. - May 2013
Anything other than summer clothes. Your bike. - Nov 2010