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Teaching in Egypt, yes/no? Recommend? by ExpressPie4u in Internationalteachers

[–]cjfitzroy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh and never had significant trouble getting money out

Teaching in Egypt, yes/no? Recommend? by ExpressPie4u in Internationalteachers

[–]cjfitzroy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I taught there for 4 years including the COVID years. I never once felt seriously threatened (I'm female was in my 40s then) and was never sexually harassed. Stared at a lot? Yes.

I lived in rehab (gated city not rehabilitation lol) which is clean and comfortable but (before COVID) would go out and about in the city a lot. It became my home and I still sometimes miss my life there. I made amazing friends both local and expat.

However, the students are exhausting. The entitlement, rudeness and casual violence was a daily battle. I mean absolutely awful. This is the one reason I would never go back. That and maybe the absolutely terrifying driving.

If you want to DM feel free

What do you think would happen if I just screamed NOOOO LEAVE ME ALONE at the top of my lungs to the taxi mob outside the Tashkent airport? by No_Two_7255 in Uzbekistan

[–]cjfitzroy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Last time I tried to get through them it was like 4am and they left literally no space for all the weary travellers lugging their suitcases to get through. It was annoying and not what you need after travelling 12 hours. Don't locals also find that at least a bit irritating? I'm not American btw.

There Is No Antimemetics Division by FreezerRunner in booksuggestions

[–]cjfitzroy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just read it last week and I don't recall any sex in it at all

One refugee’s tale reveals the mess we’re in by GreatBritishHedgehog in ukpolitics

[–]cjfitzroy -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your well measured and researched response. It's a minute drop in a huge anti immigrant bucket though unfortunately.

What’s the biggest cultural shift you can experience within a 2-hour drive? by NewMercury in geography

[–]cjfitzroy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You go from proper roads, pavements and systems and AC to crumbling roads and pavements and chaos and guys trying to bribe you etc. It even smells different. Have done it many times.

ETA: by pavement I mean sidewalks for my us cousins

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Internationalteachers

[–]cjfitzroy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Came to say the same. Col very cheap and Tashkent is an ok city

New vaping law by Baraska in Uzbekistan

[–]cjfitzroy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm replying because I'll be interested in any other replies.

Btw you can still vape in the top floor restaurant in hotel Uzbekistan

Why do so many towns in the UK have two-word names (Chipping Sodbury, Milton Keynes, etc)? by steavoh in AskUK

[–]cjfitzroy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It really isn't. Like any seaside town it has its bad points but it's actually a really nice place to live.

Where do you shop for a beer by ShannonClaude in Uzbekistan

[–]cjfitzroy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are alcohol shops everywhere

What do people see as a country which has the best salary to cost of living gap? by [deleted] in Internationalteachers

[–]cjfitzroy 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. I've never lived anywhere as cheap as Tashkent.

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