1. You are never cold
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2. It is ok for the kids to play PSP, Gameboy and PS2 (without feeling guilty) as if they were outside for too long they would probably die
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3. Seriously – everything here runs smoothly
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4. Traffic lights work
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5. They have roundabouts, so I feel like I am back in Welkom, but going in the opposite direction
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6. I can go to Maintenance (Melvin) and tell him whatever in the villa is broken and it is fixed within a day – from a cupboard falling off to the Washing machine not working – bonus
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7. Water is delivered here, the same way milk used to be in the good old days…..
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8. The Malls stay open till late – some until 12pm….shop till you drop has nothing on this place
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9. There are security men in every corridor of every mall and they know if your kid has moved too far from you or if they belong to you or not….
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10. Everyone is friendly, omg so very very friendly (superficial, but none the less) – you feel like a holiday maker in Mauritius all the time
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11. All the houses are tiled, so no carpets to vacuum
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12. You leave your shoes outside when entering someones home, so no footprints ever – need to get used to that one (Jo – see your mom had it right all those years ago!)
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13. There is a beautiful blue sea here with NO, I mean NO man eating sharks – I am even ready to learn how to scuba dive here knowing that!
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14. Hell the power is on….
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15. You can get every fruit, vegetable or olive from anywhere in the world, no pork but all the rest
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16. Thank god every place is air conditioned thank you thank you thank you
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17. You can loose weight if you stand outside for 10 minutes at midday every day
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18. And if you do it in your back garden naked you can get an all over body tan in minutes
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19. You get very healthy as you are drinking the delivered water all day every day because you are always thirsty!!I
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20. and last they are installing Showtime (there version of DStv) yay….
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21. You don’t need a geyser here, as the water is always hot!
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22. There are shower sprays in the toilets, so if you want to do your loo bit and shower you can do it at the same time….
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23. I have a new one for my list, they have woman only gym classes, so it doesn’t matter how much you wobble 🙂 haha
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24. Only in Doha photos, look under my links section