I'm pretty sure there is no GA in Bahrain or Qatar either, but my be mistaken
I am also planning on doing some flying in Florida to build up the hours.
I book a flight here once in a while with an instructor to keep competent, and just to get back into an aircraft.
The performance of the a/c suffers dramatically in the heat and humidity, so does the pilot I don't think I have ever sweated so much in a cockpit before