Life in Libya For the Expats
Moving to a new and frequently unknown nation is always tough and there are numerous considerations to be made: Housing and accommodation the regular of medical care and children's education shopping and availability of imported food and goods the social scene and things to do in Libya, to name but a few.
Libya re-entered the International community in 2003 following almost 20 years of financial sanctions and the pressure is on to rebuild and modernise the Libyan infrastructure - roads, schools, universities, hospitals, water, energy and oil & gas projects are all seeing significant investment. As a outcome, expatriates who are skilled in these fields have been encouraged to come to Libya, either with their employer or in their personal right in order to invest and grow the Libyan economy.
Possibilities for expatriates from all more than the globe exist especially in the construction and oil & gas sectors. Numerous parts of Tripoli resemble massive building websites, with western-regular hotels being built at an alarming rate! In the desert and offshore in the Mediterranean Sea, much more and much more western oil businesses are investing millions of dollars to create what are regarded as to be some of the largest oil and gas reserves in Africa.
Expatriates come to live and function in Libya either on single status or accompanied by their households. Usually those who come to Libya on single status work at drilling websites, oil & gas installations and other projects, frequently deep in the Libyan desert exactly where facilities are limited and therefore not appropriate for households. Many families live in and about Tripoli, Benghazi and other cities scattered along the Mediterranean coastline, either on managed estates alongside other expat families, in villas (frequently with swimming pools), or in city centre apartments. Rents differ from the affordable to the ridiculous!
Libya is a lot much more than just the desert - numerous of the very best preserved Roman era structures outside of Italy are to be found at Sabratha, Leptis Magna and in Tripoli itself - the which means of Tripoli is "Three Cities" and the visitor can spend numerous days or even weeks exploring the Roman architecture.
For the first time visitor, Libya can be a very confusing and frustrating location. The standard of driving would not go amiss on a dodgems or stock vehicle circuit, couple of of the streets outdoors of the town or city centres have names, street signs and shop names are all in Arabic script. Nevertheless, Libyans are extremely keen to meet foreigners and will even quit you in the street or in a shop in order to practise their English. Don't let any of this put you off - Libyans are extremely friendly and family oriented people and love children.
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