It's a nice place to visit ...
I kept my Canadian medical renewed (from a Canadian doctor in Dubai) for the first 3 years I was "away". Gradually, it dawned on me, there was no way I way going back to fly for a Canadian carrier. The ME is not nirvana but for this pilot, it's a far, far better gig than the anything I experienced in the last decade in Canadian aviation.
cheers, CK