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Five things to avoid in Abu Dhabi (UAE)

This might be useful to give some information about things to avoid during the stay in Abu Dhabi.

1. Summar months from May to October, especially July-August: - Nothing can make you better if you must come out of the Air conditioning environment even for 5 minutes. Most of time you must come out if you don’t own a car and it felt like a hell for the punishment of your past birt's sins, you don’t believe me, you will feel it literally. 


2. Buy Postpaid plan of the government company Etisalat, very poor network not only for data but for normal mobile calls and moreover you must pay one-month extra charges if you want to get out of the contract.


3. Buy anything online while fully paid e.g.from DG Sharaf: I had a bad experience from DG Sharaf digital store regarding the order home delivery, and I think it might be common for all the home delivery if you have already paid, may be except Amazone.ae (I found the same item on cheaper rate from there).

4. Taking public transport (Buses) between 7 AM to 8 AM and 5 Pm to 7 PM: not only there are crowded but the closed environment of the bus makes people fart smell unbearable (It was one of the worst experiences of my life, breathing is most smelly farts), Buses are overloaded at this time.

5. Try to avoid making any rental agreement if you are living Single. I lost 5000 DHM by a hotel flamingo apartment. Also, in the contract of one year, If you have to vacate before that, you must pay 2-month rental fine (even if you give notice period as per contract), This is the contract condition, Better live on sharing basis, like master bedroom available in flat or any room with attached bathroom etc. Rents are already higher than or equivalent to Netherlands and if you must pay 2-month additional rents, it might feel you very bad.

There might be more thigs to avoid in Abu Dhabi, that I might write later as my experience go rich but there are few good things about Abu Dhabi

1. Law and Order: Even you forget your mobile or you Bose earbuds at any shop, it would be casually placed asides, and you will get it back, even after 2 days without feeling your burdened by the shopkeeper’s lecture of how much you could have lost and how much good he is.

Also, any theft or burglary or any other public crimes are I guess very negligible here.

2. Buses go to the Airport so no need to hire taxi (although standing not allowed in the airport bus route so if its full, you must wait for another Bus (Check google for bus number and routes)

3. Food joints and good quality Tea available all around the downtown and in the sub-urbans (thanks to the overpopulation of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi Migrant workers)
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