Country Info
- Doha
- Capital
- Qatari Rial (QAR)
- Currency
- 769,152
- Population
- QA
- Country Code
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Travel Blogs from Qatar
Zwischenstopp in Doha, Katar
Wie der Name schon sagt nur ein kleiner 3 stuendiger Aufenthalt mitten in der Wueste. Nicht besonders spannend aber immerhin der erste Vorgeschmack auf die Hitze in ...
More Beer and Wine
More beer and wine Montepulciano D'Abruzzo Denominazione Di Orgine Controllata Terre Forti 2003 QR38 ($13.60 AUD) What a mouthful! Imagine ordering your second or third bottle of that? I'll have the 2003 please waiter! I am drinking this one ...
a practical question
Enroute from Berlin to Doha they showed a Simpsons episode which I tried to ignore but there was a scene where the Simpsons were watching cartoons on a TV. The question was this: shouldn't they have been watching live human TV shows? gotta ...
doha
ojla prvi del poti je za nama, nahajava se na letaliscu v dohi. Najprej naju je presenetilo toplo vreme, samo 32 stopinj sredi noci, se dobro da imajo vse klimatizirano. Sva prisla ravno v casu ramadana, zato se ne sme na javnih mestih jesti in piti, ...
best decision ever
neil dibiase thought that it would be great to experience Qatar for a few days. he planned for us to stay for about three days. luckily we changed our plans. we stopped over in Doha, Qatar on our way from Bangkok to Istanbul . When we landed ...
Ras LafanTeam Dinner
... team that sits at Ras Laffan. Two of the folks are the ones I have been working very closely with while here in Qatar. I accept this kind invite to go have dinner at Carluccio's Italian Restaurant. This place is located quite a bit away ...
Qatar
... undescribable. Letīs at least send them somewhere fun on thier day off. End of rant.. Other things I noticed about Qatar: Itīs all new. Everything. From the buildings to the cars. Everything positively gleams. Itīs like Vegas, but without ...
Visit to Zekreet
....text message read, Pieter in a Grey Porche Cayenne will pu at 9AM. Promises of camels, desert drive, sites and beaches. This all comes from a lovely invite to head to the beach with Inge and friends. 2 vehicles, petrol, food, drinks ...
arabian nights
I'm writing but i don't know if it's real or not and i don't know if it means anything yet. ________ I could stare at Arabians for hours. I don't mean that in a prude gawking way, i mean it as a compliment. In India the men dress western style ...
Luxury in the Gulf
... my entry visa...right on top of the Israeli stamp! Seriously, I must have a pretty unique passport at this point with a Qatar visa overlapping my Israeli exit stamp. So I got a cab, and went to the hotel...it was incredible, especially after the ...
A day in the Middle East
We left Beijing at midnight last night and boarded a Qatar Airways flight heading to Doha. We hadn't expected this stop when we planned our trip but the flights from Beijing to Rome were so weird we picked this one and hope to make the best out of ...
Desert
Flying into Doha airport at 6am means extensive views of what I thought at first was the ocean, but turned out to be the desert. As you get closer to landing you can see some of the tiny houses amidst the sandy/barren terrain. We flew over some ...
Geological Insights!
... beauty is a sad but true case. Funny, somehow, I find myself falling for this desert land (I think I have mentioned before, Qatar is all desert). I ponder again.............So here you go, two links you can go to that I best found describes most of ...
Dinner at Inge & Ingos
... applesauce, apples, shallots, and mixed Italian cheeses. Normally it would include some Prosciutto but none to be found in Qatar. We then had Salad, and Linguine with sun dried tomatoes, kalamata olives, red onion, garlic (onions and garlic ...
Once last visit to the Souk's
... it is due to the Asian Cup Games still gong on. We watch for some time and enjoy the dancing and music. The Qatar reporters are there doing a spot. It is great to catch this bit of entertainment. Farah and I decide we should have dinner ...
115 degrees in the shade
... (pronounced like Cutter) this is Monica Alfonzo signing out for the night. Medical interpreters training at Weill Cornell-Qatar courtsey of The Penninsula- Doha, Qatar Doha · Communication between medical students and patients takes centre stage ...
More picutres of weekend
this travel blog thing is new to me, since it seems I can only post 5 pictures per posting, here are the others I wanted to share. Enjoy! ...
Let the Games begin...
It's 4 days to go until the Games start -- here are a few mixed photos from work and play in the last few weeks leading up to the Games. And of course a chance for you to be able to see the lovely Asian Games ...
And so much for Qatar
... no longer usable. At the very least I got my clothes back, less than 24 hours before flying on further to Thailand. I believe Qatar Airways staff now know my name, given the stick I dished out on them. Anyway, the last couple of days have ...
You can’t be sensible all the time
... be the Land Cruiser. There are also plenty of Porsche Cayennes and there may be more in the future as the State of Qatar is in talks with Porsche/Volkswagen to purchase something like 25% of Porsche. I looked at Civics, Accords, Mazda 3 and ...
Dinner at Cinque Sensi
The continued effort in finding things to do with myself during my time off from work, I have searched the Outpost website.........ahhhh, let's see dinner at Cinque Sensi promises a lovely evening at the Souq at a great Italian restaurant. That ...
Ladies Luncheon
Sometimes ladies just have to get together and share moments. On this occasion, most of the ladies at work decided together and share a moment. Team building! Our place of choice? The Market at the W Hotel. They have an ...
Pictures of my apartment
Here are a few pictures of my current apartment. Another colleague is in one almost identical to it and he affectionaly calls his "the bat cave" due it's lack of natural light. I love natural light and completely believe in sunshine ...
Stop over in Qatar
Qatar was just a short stop over of a couple of hours and we actually didn't see too much. Though it sure was a nice view when touching down in the middle of the desert. The streets looked brand new and splendidly constructed and all seemed to be ...
Fingerprinting
... would just stand up and stand next to the fingerprinting man and he would do them next. Now here is the twist - in Qatar some people wait a long time and some people get processed straight away. It depends on how well your escort knows the fingerprinting ...
Fasting for Ramadan
Ramadan begins at the sight of the cresent moon in the month of Ramadan in the Islamic calendar. That was last night. During Ramadan, Muslims fast (no food or drink) and abstain from smoking, sex and anything indulgent between dawn and ...
Does a country count if it's just an airport stop?
... my next one will be halfway interesting. I've got so much to tell you about my overall Middle East experience. I am flying Qatar Airways and it is AMAZING. The Airbus A320 was immaculate and the seats were actually contoured to make sitting ...