Will be living in a compound - son to go to St Christophers. For your case, the best place to stay is Aali. There are plenty of compounds there and it is a 5 minutes drive to St. Christopher's school. I live in Riffa, it's a nice area too but I doubt you'll find any compunds. Living in Manama can be expensive, but who wants to live there anyway. Aali is a quiet area, and if you need to go to Manama, it should not take you more than 15 minutes (peak time). Saar is a very good area, mostly foreigners live there but its expensive Saar is part of Budayi. also Jufair is nice but being in Manama is also expensive. and Zinj or Mahooz is nice too and slightly less expensive. sorry to say most of he area's in Bahrain are expensive to live in these days! | 