Country Info
- Doha
- Capital
- Qatari Rial (QAR)
- Currency
- 769,152
- Population
- QA
- Country Code
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Qatar
Travel Blogs from Qatar
Quiz Night Winner
.........of last place! first timers at quiz night and we won last place. Well that was fun. :( In my quest to find things to do to get out more and find interesting folks to do things with I attended Quiz night at Porto Arabia. ...
It's Halloween and I am bummed!
No tricks, to treaters, no candy, no decorations, no babe, no scarey movies, no haunted houses, no costume parties, NO LIQUOR! I have got to find something to do with myself, am going crazy! Thank goodness my babe is coming soon! N ...
Private Zoo
... and cakes with the staff. We were there at 12 noon on Thursday. After a lucky morning start at the Qatar Falcon Center, I thought our luck had run out. I was also pretty sure we were at the wrong place, but a man ...
Boring Generalities
... my co-workers but I prefer to separate my social and professional life. On the Impact of Islam As I’m sure most of you know, Qatar is an Islamic state. What does this mean for day to day life? There are many women in abayas (black ...
15th Asian Games -- Mobile Team Photos!
... around a city the size of a typical small suburb -- to put it in perspective we could have driven around the entire country of Qatar about 250 times! So here are lots of photos of my great team -- a HUGE thank you to the Mobile Team volunteers who were ...
La gentillesse
... quelques trucs. Ah oui, et elle m'a confirmé qu'il allait faire très très chaud au Rajastan! Yé. Alors, voilà, Qatar Airways, 5 étoiles! Bon et Doha maintenant. Bien c'est simple, tout est neuf ici! La ville a connu une croissante ...
Bored Bored Bored
... boring but I am stuck in Doha for 8 hour and I have very little to do (hence the blog entry). Travelling on Qatar Airlines was an absolute delight, the flight attendants provided excellent service, the food was good, the movies were very up ...
Doha
... of a sudden, we were in the air and out of the snow and cold. I could not have imagined our stop over destination of Doha, Qatar. It is on the Arabian peninsula and is smaller than the island of Manhattan with a population of 250,000. It's existance is ...
Could it possibly be more excitement in Qatar????
October 26 thru 31 brings to Qatar the World Tennis Association Tennis Tournament. This my dears means that the top competitors of womens tennis world are here, really! In Qatar! And no doubt during the same time as the Tribeca, ...
Exploring North of Qatar
... forgot it! Um Suwaya, which is an old abandoned village and Zubara Fort were next on our trip. Have I mentioned yet that Qatar is all desert, probably, just maybe in one of my other post. Anyways, At the north west tip of Qatar’s ...
After a full day, Lebanese for dinner!
Yummy! Frank and I came back from our North of Qatar trip we decided it would be nice to walk "The Pearl" and find a place to eat. We settled for Lebanese. We had an awesome meal, with wine, yes my dears there was wine and yes Frank had ...
Poolside, relaxation and cooking in
... . Adult beverages poolside, ahhhh! Perfect day, Frank smoked a cigar and we just enjoyed our company and took in the Qatar sun. We cooked in today, so adventure. Frank appreciated the home cooking he has not had in 1 1/2 months! 4 ...
Al Wakrah, Qatar
... , sleep seemed like the best thing going. The pads and blankets looked like a pile of debris gathered from one of Qatar's many condemned buildings after the residents abandoned ship. I removed my accountant's shoes, lay down on a discolored sleeping pad, ...
Training Day 1
... participants were really an excited bunch of interpreters. Its exciting because they will be the first trained Medical Interpreters in Qatar. They are like sponges, they are soaking up all of the information that we have. We ended our training at ...
Wine and Food
... ' wine. What will it be like in another 5 years!! Do I have to get off this flight!!!!! Wines and beer purchased at Qatar Distribution Company 11/05/2006. There is only one liquour outlet in Qatar. You need to have a drinking licence to buy ...
Madrid-Doha-Bombay
This is it! No turning back now - We're on our way! But before we check in there's one more matter to take care of. Besides useful information, Eduardo the doorman also handed us our mail yesterday. BBVA, the Spanish bank I had an account with until a ...
Life is just too funny sometimes
... by now I am thinking I have very limited options for anything else. This was Shamnas from Southern India. Qatar apparently has private limousine services in abundance, possibly more abundant that taxis. And such is Shamnas. He had ...
Where the boys are!!
You ever heard of the movie "Where the boys are?" I felt that I had taken a step in to this movie on this day. Crazy I know but true! Farah and I were invited for an outing to the "Camp" at Ras Laffan City. This is where all the folks ...
Christmas Party at Inge's
... home to celebrate Christmas and get in the Christmas spirit. She has a small gathering of friends since folks will be leaving Qatar for the Christmas Holiday. It has been a full weekend with Thursdays trip to Ras Laffan, the Gala on Friday ...
Now I have company!
Today I received Ava the cat. Ava belongs to Lisa who is relocating to Dubai. Since I was kinda lonely missing my babe and my cat Sissy, I took on Ava. She is the sweetest cat. I am so excited to have her I hope we will get ...
TO DOHA
I got to my stop over, Doha, a sterile airport as usual. Interestingly they only seem to have concrete and sand ...
Falcon Surgery - To Fly Again
This morning I had my driver take me to the Qatar Falcon Center. From the guidebook, it sounded like a place where men came to look at falcons and possibly purchase them. From the actual experience it was a whole heck ...
My Babe is gone!
,,,,,after a wonderful Overnight Safari trip and another dinner at the Lebanese restaurant on the Pearl Frank left today. I am sad. I will miss him and my friends and family at Thanksgiving. I will make my plans to go home for the ...
Thanksgiving Celebration
... action, laughter and fun. And...............no American Football! Seems the download did not work, this the usual issues here in Qatar when it comes to Football. I will continue on the quest of obtaining a way to watch! I am thankful for ...
Quiet time at beach on the Pearl
... at the beach on the Pearl. Afterall it is still my "Thanksgiving holiday" even though it is just another weekend in Qatar. We endulge in viewing the mega yachts up close and take the water taxi to the beach. The water is extremely ...
Culture of Qatar and Moonlight Cruise on a Dhow
... air on the bay was a bit cooler and for the first time we were able to sit outside without sweating. If you go to Qatar, I recommend this relaxing cruise. Tomorrow, we are going to the sand dunes and hopefully ride a camel. It is our day off from ...
Arrived!
... not easy. Leaving my babe and watching him drive off was probably the hardest part of this assignment. On to the Qatar Airways check in counter without a glitch and through security I went. While waiting in the lounge, I happened to see ...