Been offline a few days. We moved into our rental home a few days ago. We got a place in Bahrain-- it means a longer commute for Jeff to the airport, but better quality-of-life for our family. Jeff will have to cross the causeway each day, passing through immigration and customs, insurance, -- all 7 checkpoints they have along the way. On a good day he will probably make it to the airport in one hour total; on a bad day, two and half hours probably. The worst traffic is on Saudi weekends (Thursday-Friday) when all Saudis escape to Bahrain to drink alcohol and talk to girls.
We heard about a "VIP" pass that will allow Jeff to bypass all the checkpoints and virtually eliminate any stops on the causeway because it's a hidden lane with no queue. It costs $3500 annually, so we are hesitant, but time being money, it might make life a lot easier. Probably this money goes to "hong bao-ing" the government officials... we are not sure, but some guy that forges documents can get this for us. Our new neighbors, a British couple, have this pass, so I will have to ask them all about this before proceeding. We are probably going to do our shopping in Saudi, so we will be over there frequently, even on Jeff's days off. One thing about Bahrain is that everything is so expensive-- like groceries are 3x higher here than in Saudi. And the produce is all wilted, I don't know why.
By tomorrow all our furniture should be delivered, and things should start settling down. I've been in limbo for 9 weeks and I finally see the light at the end of the tunnel!
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