The accommodation in Abu Dhabi is worse than that in Eket - at the moment. However, here it's much easier to do your own cooking if you wish and with food bought from a decent supermarket at reasonable prices.. We have several bars on the camp where we can relax and we can travel out into town for other social life. This will undoubtedly be more difficult when the new camp is built, though the accommodation will be much nicer. More people will probably buy cars - they're relatively cheap out here, getting credit is easy and you can split the cost with your back to back. When on night standby you stay at the airfield in reasonable accommodation and on most of the offshore locations the rooms are good as is the food (there are even swimming pools offshore and you can still use your mobile phone and access the internet - often from your room). There are plenty of hospitals with good standards. As I've said, the only real difference is that the pay is less - but in my opinion it's well worth it just for the better quality of life and improved personal safety (which also makes for less worry for relatives at home). It gets unbearably hot in the summer, but it's a pleasant place for wives to visit during the winter with plenty to do. Things are improving, probably as a matter of necessity, but it's worth coming out here for even a few years as a break from the slog of Eket albeit with a management which is just as unsympathetic.