Al Sadd Suites Doha

... br>I debated for a couple of weeks whether or not to go away and a few days ago i booked a flight to Sri Lanka. I've done very little research and haven't booked any accommodations or made any firm plans. I've contacted a local couchsurfer in the hill country so I'll probably spend most of my time there. Will update upon my return.

... celcius (110 degrees farenheight) with a chance of sandstorm." when we got off the plane we were smacked in the face with an unreal heat, like we had just opened an oven. the place is so hot and dusty that when we were landing we couldnt see any buildings around us ...just sand. what a miserable place.

**** you neil dibiase

... was a dining table with six chairs that I’ve since moved into the living room (with the loveseat now in the former dining room). Each of the other two bedrooms has a mattress on platform type beds, two night stands and a dresser and mirror. Each of the three bedrooms has two large built in closets but I still dragged both dressers into the master bedroom. I probably could have managed but the extra storage is nice. The kitchen, at 9.5’ x 6’ ...

... out 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 ****, major culture/time/space continuum shock. Sweaty sticky Kathmandu to the desert. 41 degrees centigrade, 105 farenheight, the desert, no humidity. Wide open nearly empty streets in a city built on the sea but in the middle of nowhere desert essentially. It ...

... for a while before we called it a night. At the least the music was good. One of the nights following my cousin took me to the newly built traditional looking souk (market). The shops were within small narrow isles selling lots of textiles, spices and Arab artifacts. Just imagine Pacific Mall without the glass but instead sand and mud and a lot narrower navigating. The restaurants were however on a wider paths with many people walking around ...

... our last sample of luxury for a while. Next day we woke up at around 10 am (what the heck, we partied all night in the Doha traffic!) and we dared to go out to buy something to eat at the nearby mall (during Ramadan, most food places are closed all day and you can eat out only after sunset). And that was our first contact with the Qatari sun: brutal. In a few minutes we were already melting and the short walk to the mall was becoming an endurance test ...

... souvenirs in Bahrain airport, should have bought some but no $B. Arrive Qatar. So dusty could look right at the setting sun. Taxi to Hostel, have trouble finding it - the roads are variously un-named and in the process of being rebuilt anyway. Welcomed by Ahmed, the manager from Egypt. Buy tea from takeaway across the road.

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 t.i. "quiet room" (tiha soba) in na nekih dokaj cudno zalomljenih stolih (skoda ker niso imeli moznosti samonastavljanja naklona) odspali par uric. Sledil je let v Minhen.

... tight with only 2 hours stay at Dubai but fianlly I decided to help her. After landing, I found that the emirates flight has docked at the edge of the tarminal building so to get to the immigration we need to walk almost 1 KM. It took me almost 30 munites to guide her to immegration and return to the gate where the check in for Doha begins. We started from Dubai at 2:30 AM and arrived in Doha at 2:30 AM :). (One hour fight time is offset by one hour time ...

... is just another name for a bunch of little shops clumped together. Once we finally found a parking spot we did alot of walking around in this area. The trick to shopping here is haggling! I am ok at it however my husband doesn't even bother trying. He just pays full price. Which we learned is considered rude. We got an Arabian Pot, decorative Koran to display and a Shisha (tabacco pipe). Hoping to get a Persian Rug while we are in Qatar also.