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[Theresa]

Any info about schools in Georgia, recent experiences, pay and conditions? And by the way guys enough of all these comments about beautiful willing girls here there and everywhere. If youre female the only male contact is with Russians ( whoppee doo.... ).

[maruss]

AS you can read from my previous postings about this country,it WAS a lovely place until the civil war back in the early 1990's-most of the people are warm and hospitable,the men gallant,jealous and macho,and the poor women as meek and timid as ever,BUT the whole country is very unstable,the economy barely surviving and there is massive poverty,crime and corruption.The capital Tbilisi is not safe for men to go out alone in at night,let alone women and foreigners are unfortunately prime targets for robbery or worse!The election results last weekend are just another indication of how things there are barely under control,and my general hints and warnings are seconded by a lovely lady I know very well in Moscow who is half-Georgian herself and whose father still lives in Tbilisi-I have known her for years and trust her 100%-she tells me that I was lucky to have visited the place in 1994 without too many problems apart from bureaucracy,but has always warned me to forget about the idea of going to live and work there etc.,unless it's in a compound for foreigners in somewhere like Supsa etc on the Black Sea.

[Communist Smurf]

"...enough of all these comments about beautiful willing girls here there and everywhere."

Are you speaking of that post from several months ago "Where are the good women?"

[joe-joe]

Theresa

I've sent you a PM with my experiences of working in Georgia this summer for 2 months. Hope it helps

[Theresa]

I er um overlooked the previous in depth post on Georgia. Lets put it down to a combo of sinusitus and an overdose of New Russians. Couldnt however find anything on 'Where are all the good women?'. Would still like to know where all the good males are hiding in Moscow after 3 months of searching and have only found Georgians attractive so far. Not that that would be my real motivation for being interested in moving to a dodgy country of course. Its a question of culture, scenery, history and good wine......
Does anyone have any leads on finding a job in Supsa?

[joe-joe]

Hello once again Theresa. Sorry to hear about your sinusitis by the way. I did see some months back a job advertised in Supsa with ETI, (one of the companies I told you about before which operates in Georgia). So maybe contact them to see if there are any current or soon to be forthcoming vacancies there.

Although getting a job immediately in somewhere like Supsa may not be quite so straight forward. I do know from my own experience that ETI tend to advertise such jobs, interview prospective candidates, then move their own existing 'proven' staff to such positions, and then fill the gap made by their move with the new personnel they recruit in places like Tbilisi or Baku. Again I hope this proves useful to you.

[maruss]

Hi Theresa!-as you have probably seen on the world news,things there are looking very volatile,once again,I'm very sorry to say,and I hope therre won't be a return to the situation of the early 1990's!
Supsa has a foreign run oil installation which is well guarded etc. and the teaching jobs there which I was informed about a couple of years ago paid about 800$ per month,plus free accom and meals-you could even borrow the firms cars to use if you wanted!But then I know personally via a German geologist friend who went there as a consultant,that this money was peanuts in comparison to what he and other foreigners were getting,although he said it was good fun,relaxing and safe and the local people were delightful!

I know that Moscow is grimy and miserable by comparison,especially after living in Cyprus for 25 years myself,but at least there isn't another civil war about to erupt there-well at least not yet anyway!Although you never know,things might be heading that way in Russia too,and sooner than we think!

M.

[Theresa]

Thanks everyone again. Now is probably not the best time . Not sure about the idea that Russia will go the same way though as I keep asking the Russians I know-from all walks of life though I havent met Poutine yet it has to admitted- WHY they dont have a little revolution and just get blank looks of apathy in reply

[joe-joe]

Has anyone else seen the news from Georgia this weekend? It appears things could potentially get very unpleasant there. I hope things get resolved peacefully.

[Kent F. Kruhoeffer]

Hi joe-joe:

Looks like it's all over. Mr. Shevardnadze resigned last night after meeting with the opposition leaders and Russia's Foreign Minister ... and no shots were fired.

For the latest news, try Google: http://news.google.com/

Best wishes,
keNt