The Corniche Doha

... it is. He mentioned the name of another hotel and I said no I am in an apartment not a hotel. As we drove along the Corniche (it is beautiful) he kept pointing out the names of hotels. After a number of roundabouts and heaps more tooting (by the way it ...

... sight. It was an excellent night, topped off by a couple of bowls of unbelievable cinnamon ice cream and then a quick walk on the Corniche to help digest! I'm looking forward to sampling some of the other buffets in town to see how they stack up...

... city sights. We call the same tour company that took us out on the dhow for a tour of Doha that would include the Souqs (markets), landmarks, and the Corniche. Our driver is Darshen and very polite and friendly Sri Lanken man who has live in Doha for ...

I made my way down to the dusty gravel parking lot next to the QPost building, a couple of hundred metres from the Corniche to join in and celebrate the end of Ramadan by watching the firing of a cannon. Not just once, but in fact 15 shots from the ...

... , lights, plenty of cars, and people walking the streets at 2 am. People were at the park with their children and walking the Corniche (sort of like Lake Washington Blvd at home). He told me that it's the weekend and its much cooler in the evening than ...

... a souvenir.    It was nice flying Singapore Airlines again.  This time I was flying to Dubai, then on Qatar to Doha.  The flight was very nice.  There were only four of us in First Class on the B777-300.  Unfortunately, ...

... happily surprised about how relaxing it was. We set off to go around Palm Island, the out to the edge of Doha Bay. We watched as the lights of the Corniche and the city passed us by. We saw things like The Royal Place, The Sheraton, Al Jazeera Tower, ...

... not Muslim...and he designed one of the wings of the National Gallery of Art in DC...interesting. A couple drove by on the Corniche in a red Mercedes convertable.  The man was dressed in the traditional white robes with white head scarf and ...

... an interesting day.  We took a cab back to the hotel along the Corniche and it was a pretty drive.  Along the Corniche was the same mix of ex-pats running and traditionally dressed locals as last night.  It's a funny mix this place called ...

... out to an "All you can eat" champagne brunch at the top floor of the Sheraton hotel, which is located right on the Corniche overlooking the bay, fantastic view. Great group of people, food and drinks, we sat there all afternoon eating as much as possible ...

... and I’m sure this won’t be my last time. Our last stop on our big night out was the Corniche.  The Corniche is the name of the street and the area that runs along the waterfront for several kilometers from Dhow Harbour to the Four ...

... Doha that brought gale-force winds and torrential rain. It whipped the bay up into a sea of froth and pushed onto the corniche with middle-eastern fury, testing all the temporary structures that had been built for the event. Thankfully the stage rigging ...

... working, only to find that Arabian Adventures have cancelled my tour to the oryx farm. Leave City Centre Doha at midday, being walking along the Corniche. Lunch at new restaurant in the Balhumbra building. Mezze, very nice. Keep walking to the Grand ...

... my head of people staggering about in the desert.  Will that be me?     After walking along the Corniche for about 1/2 hour , getting quite hot, feeling my skin start to crisp, I decided it would be better to find a taxi and ...

... as part of the opening of the Doha Cultural Festival. It was a large-scale collaborative show that took over a section of the corniche, and besides world-class gymnasts, singers and aerial acrobats on and above the stage (not to mention fire-dancers!) ...

... similar places are closed for improvement prior to the ASEAN games which will be here next year. So, we walked along the Corniche, and encountered a dockside fish market. We stopped into the Mövenpick hotel for an ice cream, and discovered the magazine ...

Took the family down the Corniche to see the waterfront and the city.   Probably was not the same day but we also viewed the Pearl that is currently under construction.  The Pearl is a man made island with high end shopping and living.  ...