Al Sultan Beach Resort Doha

... us there in record time. Ignoring any posted speed limit, bobbing and weaving through the sea of white Civics and Land Cruisers and navigating the roundabouts like a professional race car driver I inquire as to the length of time he has been driving in Doha. "Something like 18 years" is the response. “I figured” I tell him, “you’re almost as crazy as the locals”.

Thankfully we arrive at the bank with nary a scratch on ...

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I don’t think Mr. M has the clout he thinks he has and he got one little guy (Mr. M is fairly tall) a wee bit angry at us when he blew him off as we passed by ignoring his calls to see my paperwork. I wanted to stop but Mr. M was having none of it. The little guy got a bigger guy (both in stature and rank) involved and I think Mr. M got his knuckles wrapped but after visits to several different offices we ...

... sheiks are chic. --Jimmy P.S.: Hoping myself to be more than an uniterested tourist, I started asking everyone IK could where they were from. All the workers are from all over, or so it seems. The guy at the gym this morning was from Sri Lanka. In the mall I met a few people from Nepal and from Indonesia, the Philipines, Kenya, India, all over Asia. They come to work long days and are put up in housing paid for by their employers. I can't imagine dealing with the heat!

... about, my bag while there. So I packed a "weekender" bag that I could just carry on. I took my bag to the hotel where I'd be staying on my return. I could have overnighted in Dubai, then gotten up too early for Emirates' 7am nonstop to Sana'a. By flying out of Doha tomorrow, the flight was at 12noon. And best of all, by flying Qatar Airways in first, I get to avail myself of their first class terminal ...

... hours. What have I done? Simple, I found the internet access and have been typing away blogging my travels for at least 3 hours then I napped for 2. This airport is clean but I'm alone and there isn't much to do so now I am just looking forward to arriving to Rome, eating good food, seeing family, and get the next chapter of my ...

... the only smell I have associated with sand is that of salty air. However sitting in the Doha airport this was something that struck me, "sand has a smell", it is neither pleasant or unpleasant but smells of...sand. Doha is flat. I have never lived or been to a truly flat place, but Doha is flat. And sparse. And sandy, how do they maintain aircraft that are bombared with sand, or maintain tarmac at risk of sand storms? The people here are great and the service ...

... Morning, so it was not unexpected. The driver told me the history behind the name of this area. Before this area became a shopping place for the people from the indian subcontinent, There was only one building here, which was a showroom of "National Panasonic" of Japan. So they have named the whole area as National. All the streets in Doha has separate names, but unfortunately nobody uses those. Even the staff of the office ...

All the paper works and travel documents preparation are there, ticket, visa, exit permit, international driving license, and everything... I could not wait any longer... and it is still two days away before my departure, the daily routine is still there, going to the office and working hard, as there are loads of things to finish off before I go. Here is the itineraries of my FANCY HOLIDAY... Day ...

... as materialistic as the meanest American business giant, like a mini America. And our waistlines and 4-wheel drives are testament to that. So, the conversation began to get interesting (not that it wasn't) when an Arab gentlemen adorned in his white robes and black tied suit underneath joined in with a great point; "Your both right, I've met Irish people and they're special from what i've seen"-agreeing head shakes from the Israeli, modest disagreeing ones from me-"but they're like ...

... the first time to step foot on the land of the Middle-East as well. However, the anticipation and excitement had more or less been abated by the long hour flight. After the 7 hours of broken sleep on the plane, we arrived Doha - Qatar while still dawn for our transit to Alexandria - Egypt. With 8 hours spare time on hand, we decided to join for a city tour around Doha. Doha is the ...