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Zarius in Saudi Arabia
Zarius Grove, originally from Vanderbijlpark, arrived in Saudi Arabia's capital city of Riyadh in August 2009. He is teaching English and is in for one hell of a ride!
Adjusting to Saudi time
It took me a while to get used to the strange working hours here. I am not even going to mention the absurd hours during Ramadan – that is a blog entry on its own.
At first it sounds quite normal: Nine working hours and eight teaching hours a day. Not much of a difference from the typical working day in South Africa. But I think it is the distribution of the hours that gets to me. In the mornings the firs ...
Tax free money in the land of sand
Tax free oil money. That’s what attracted me at first to come to the land of sand. Famous for its rigid religious rules, hot temperatures and of course, what seems to be unlimited oil riches!
I had been unemployed for three months when I applied for an English teaching position at a private academy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Needless to say, regardless of all the warnings I read on websites and forums about ...
