Links etc
You’ll find a lot of help here…
The Living in Al Ain section of the British Expats site.
Niala News is excellent. Michele and Rachel send out emails daily with news about the town. Niala is Al Ain backwards. These emails go out to more than 1,000 ex-pats in Al Ain. You’ll get emails about…
- maids needed
- maids being offered – as a family is leaving town
- items for sale (often as people are leaving)
- activities like used uniform sales at the Al Ain English Speaking School
- new delivery services for top-quality food
- services offered, like personal fitness training, Reiki treatments
- and much more!
There’s a group on Yahoo Groups called alainexpats. You’ll get a post or 2 every couple of days. This is a great place for asking questions, and most questions do get answered.
There’s also Al Ain Blogs, run by Mohammed Randeree, born in Bradford, England of all places, who now lives in Al Ain.
If you want to buy a car, a great place to go is dubizzle.com which is very like ebay. When I was searching for a Toyota Prado, I searched dubizzle regularly, and I was the first to visit one car and agreed to buy it straight away as it was exactly what I wanted. A few days later the seller told me he had had ‘a thousand’ calls about the car. Maybe he really meant he had a couple of hundred calls. But it shows how popular this site is for car buyers!
You can buy the main guide to the Abu Dhabi Emirate (which includes info on Al Ain), Abu Dhabi Explorer, from amazon.
You’ll see a photo in this post of the previous edition (with the brown X in the top half), and also of the new edition (with a cover photo of Abu Dhabi at night) was published on August 15, 2010.
The publishers also produce a nice little folding map to Al Ain (pictured). The latest edition came out in September 2010.
Is there a swimming club in Al Ain?
Not that I know of, Gary. The Intercontinental has an Olympic-size pool, so there may be something happening there. I’ll ask around, and, if I find anything, I’ll get back to you.
Anyone interested in having their child/ren taught swimming by a professional caoch? Must have your own pool though. Gary
I too am looking for a swim team for my children should anyone find one.
Mark
Just recently going through divorce and hoping to find some kind of support group in Al Ain. Anyone know of churches offering courses, divorce support help etc.
Hi Dee, There may be people at the Evangelical Church who can help. I also work with people going through major challenges like divorce. You can find out more about how I work at my main site: http://www.triumphoverchallenges.com, then contact me from there if you’re interested in taking this further.
Hi Mark, Since you sent this message my son Toby has joined the swimming team in Al Ain. You’ll find more info on this site: just put ‘swimming’ into the search box on the navigation bar on this site.
Is this garden is open in October=2011? We are planing to visit this on 16th,Octiber-2011.Please let me know if any one knew.
Hi Raju, The gardens are still closed: keep coming back to this page to see when they re-open!