New country??

In the past when I was talking to someone about working overseas in different countries, I was asked "do you visit the country before you make a decision to move there?" The answer was "No". But, I realized it was a perfectly valid question under a normal circumustance. If I am moving to a new country for a few years, it is good to be sure that I will like it or the life is tolerable there. The countries where I worked: Nepal, Maldives, Malawi, Guyana, I did not know much about them when opportunities to work there presented themselves. These are countries where many people don't know where they are and for some that they even ever existed. I am sure most people working in the development and humanitarian sector do not ask these questions, like "is the life comfortable there?" naturally because our jobs are where there are problems of all different sorts, poverty, disaster, conflict etc.

Countries where I worked are far from tough in the development& humanitarian standard. I have never been in fear of getting shot or kidnapped. Things that I had to "endure" were power cuts, general personal insecurity, air pollution and feeling of isolation. Not so bad. 

Anyway, this is all to say that I am trying to move to a new country. In fact, I am already here. My long vacation is over, and I am now in a full-swing job hunting mode. This is my first attempt to move to a new country in which I was very interested (and of course, again totally new and unknown to me) and look for a job sur place. I have been following jobs till now, so the location of a job was a secondary concern. This time is the other way around.   

Coming to a new country and learning about it, is indeed exciting. I've learned that the mobile phone sim card costs $150 while you can find a good mojito for less than a dollar!  

Keeping my fingers crossed for finding some interesting work here!