This is a true story...
Christopher Combe is stuck in a rut. Maybe he’s just eaten too much chocolate cake, but the sad fact is that his life lacks purpose and direction. Then, almost out of the blue, comes the chance of a lifetime: he is offered a job in the shiny new city of Dubai.
Enticed by the prospect of a tax-free salary and year-round sunshine, Chris persuades his wife and two young children to join him for an adventure in the land of Burj, bling, belly-dancing and Bebsi-cola….
They encounter the good, the bad and the dusty. They are made to feel like VIPs in the palatial malls and hotels, but out on the hectic highways they see the white buses full of blue-overalled workers being ferried to the countless construction sites around Dubai and wonder what life is like for them.
The family work through swathes of red tape in order to obtain visas, bank accounts and permission to drink beer, and they discover how healthcare works when there isn’t a nice,... More > free NHS to rely on.< Less
