Country Info
- Doha
- Capital
- Qatari Rial (QAR)
- Currency
- 769,152
- Population
- QA
- Country Code
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Travel Blogs from Qatar
The Doha 20
... … no matter where one is in the world, one must eat. I'm not sure I’ve found any particular dishes unique to Qatar but dining options abound. I think the closest things I’ve found to a regional dish are Arabic sweets. Usually ...
Australia Day and Qatar Masters Golf
Australia Day Australia Day in Doha was pretty busy. Went to the Qatar Masters Golf in the morning/afternoon and then went to Rydges for a pizza dinner and a dance and rink at the Legends Bar. The bar area at the golf was decked out in Australian ...
Desert Roses and Sink Hole
... kind of fun is right up my alley, so I graciously accept a day out to dig for "Desert Roses" and a visit to one of many Qatar sinkholes. Who invites us? Inge and Ignos of course! I worry that I will never be able to repay them for the ...
Sand and sun... lots of both
... the U.S., G. doesn't) but this was the only thing we could do for free in an air-conditioned environment. The bottom line? Qatar is a more interesting country that some of the blogs here would make you think but one needs to be aware of several ...
Hamad Hospital
... ON ME! (FROWN) I know this is a long blog, but felt it was important to describe this crazy experience, yes, I came back to Qatar, yes I saw doctors in Houston, and yes I am fine. The result. Virus caused the vomiting and diarrhea and caused ...
Achievement Unlocked: Puppetmaster
So here I am at Doha airport and it's time to get in shape for the last intercontinental flight of this journey. Had the brilliant idea to spend the last hours in Kathmandu looking for interesting ways of getting rid of my last rupees, somehow worked ...
Passport? Check. Stamp in Passport? Shit......
... off. B-a-d mistake! Apparently you can be arrested, deported, and fined for not getting your passport stamped when you leave Qatar. It's not just a threat, it's actually happened. I know a guy who knows a guy who's friend it ...
Sacrifice
... of their country. And when somebody is killed in the Middle East, the road home usually goes through Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. When they arrive at the base, there is an announcement for a Fallen Warrior ceremony. This is not a rare ...
Al Zubara Fort and the North Tip of Qatar
Sunday Pandu and Sergio and I made an expedition up to the north tip of the country. There's a new highway, so it was actually a pretty quick trip. Under an hour and a half to get from Doha to the fishing village of Ar Ru'ays. There ...
The Wealthy Kingdom of the Middle East
... malls were built in big scale. Before headed back to the airport for our transit to Alexandria, we stopped by the Qatar National Museum, the largest museum in Doha. Painted in all white, it was very outstanding with the deep blue sky as ...
Vuelo de ida
.- Barcelona - Madrid = 01:15 h. (Spanair) .- Madrid (Espana) - Doha (Qatar) = 06:50 h. - Qatar Airways No vimos el circuito de F1.... .- Doha (Qatar) - Bangkok (Tailandia) = 06:20 h. - Qatar ...
Doha... Tash is tired
Well I guess it wouldn't have been that bad if I wasn't soooooo sick. Originally we planned to stay a couple of nights there, but due to the ticket change we had an 6 hour stop over at Doha airport on our way to Istanbul. The ...
Doha Bay and Souq Waqif
We missed breakfast again this morning and didn't end up eating until 1pm. We started our late morning by walking to the Corniche and then up a long road that juts out into Doha Bay. According to Lonely Planet, at the end of the road, where the pavement ...
Reflections on Nepal, Hello Doha
... a way to be more inefficient. I watched 4 episodes of Scrubs on the plane, in honor of Lloyd and the Wolverines. Qatar Airways is SO nice. And then we got to Doha. Holy shit, major culture/time/space continuum shock. Sweaty sticky ...
Driving Mr. Mark
... able to talk some sense into the officer with his basic Arabic. He explains that he came from Bahrain and received his Qatar license by showing his Bahrain license and this should be the same for his Canadian friend here. The officer replied; ...
Change at Doha
... of my pal Woody who will be with me for the week in Bangkok. We took a plane from Gatwick to Bangkok via Qatar with Qatar Airlines (the cheapest we could get). This flight was long went fairly quickly and we were soon at Doha airport to change planes. ...
Fourth of July Festivities!
Back home, I usually spend the Fourth of July running a half marathon and going to a barbecue. I'm indifferent to the fireworks. Since the Fourth fell on a Sunday, that’s my day off, so I was able to at least attempt to follow parts of my ...
Overnight in the desert
... all over the place. We played cards with a group of 8 traveling together. Most of them were English teachers here in Qatar. One girl was a flight host for the national airline. The rest were visiting their teacher friends or family, except for one ...
Doha, where the Sheiks are Chic
... the boy resent the American or British kids who can see their mothers' eyes? And, what's it like to grow up a Westerner in Qatar, where one's mother showing her face and hair in public is NOT the norm? A little girl in a pink dress with ...
Adventures in Banking
One would presume that, as Director of Finance, I would have signing authority over our bank accounts. This would be a fair and correct presumption but that authority is not automatic with the title of course. The paperwork to arrange this is not ...
Quality Not Quantity
We spent our final morning in Africa sampling the last of the Kenyan beers that we had not yet tried. For those following Brendan's beer log Tusker Lager was by far the best. Before heading to the airport we had our final meal in ...
New Years Eve
... our small suitcase inside and asked if it was too early to check in. They said "no problem" (nothing is a problem in Qatar) and checked us in. The bellboy even brought us champagne flutes filled with pineapple juice while we checked in. Our hotel room is ...
Ramadan Mubarak!
Ramadan Mubarak! (Happy Ramadan!) Today starts the first day of Ramadan. In order to get a better understanding of the religion and culture, I decided to fast today. Fasting is a time to practice self restraint and to become closer to ...
The exausting part of travelling
... to 7 Egyptian pounds. He even ended up paying. He hung out with me at the airport till his dad came to pick him up. Qatar is an amazing airline. The service can't be beat. They keep feeding you. Private screens where i watched "Jonases". The mivie made ...
Postojanka v Dohi
Po 8 in pol urnem letu, ki nas je pustil razocarane (dobili smo letalo brez individualnih ekranckov, na glavnih monitorjih pa so en film zavrteli 2x zapored....) smo prispeli v Doho in 8 urno cakanje na naslednji let se je pricelo. Spravili smo se v ...
First day in the Middle East
We arrived at the airport in Doha at about 2am this morning. We went through immigration where we got our visas. The women behind the desks were all dressed in black, cloaked in veils. The woman helping us was very pleasant and completely avoided looking ...