Al Ain Taxi is now Bahrain Taxi. Get on the next Gulf Air flight to Manama or go here

Taxi repaint in progress

As I write, the old Nissan Sunny is undergoing a respray and is waiting for a lovely yellow number on the door. I've been learning the art of breaking meters and ripping people off...Bahrain Taxi will soon be ready to roll.

Skypey Skype

It's another rainy day in the UK and the Taxi isn't missing the hot Al Ain weather at all. In fact, I'm not missing Al Ain at all. I just wish that I could Skype my friends there but of course they're blocked from using the service. I'm just hoping that its not blocked in my next Gulf destination, as I've just invested in a wonderful Skype phone.

Bye

Well the taxi light has been switched off and I'm walking away from the car. Yes, I'm blogging from a connecting airport and I'm on my way home, at least for a while. UK is not my final destination though, I'm coming back to the Gulf to a different country, a different adventure.

In the meantime, I'll post a few things now and again so keep coming back and in September there'll be a new blog: ******* Taxi!

Taxi x

Suicide is painless?

In the UAE you can't even try and kill yourself without the risk of punishment from the authorities. It wasn't as if this man was trying to harm anyone else. This is a prime example of how mental health is misunderstood in this part of the world. If he was so low as to attempt to kill himself then do you think a suspended jail sentence is going to make him feel any better?

Maybe the best course of action is to offer the man some counselling. The article says the he tried to end his life because he was suffering from "psychological problems and pressure at work". I know first hand that there are no grievance procedures in many of the universities here, professors are hired as teaching machines and can easily fall foul of student bribery and wasta tricks as well as politicking and backstabbing. Most professors just get the hell out here when it gets too much and hopefully onto a better job if their career hasn't been damaged too much.

Still here

I haven't gone yet.

Sorry for the lack of posts, I've been to busy to blog. I'm just here to say that I'm still around! Once I've left I'll be telling you all where I'm off too.

And please, if you're buying furniture off departing expats please don't take the p*** with your offer.

Buckets

I have two buckets, one for money and one for BS. When either one is full it's time to leave.

Guess which one of my buckets is full...