New Mashriq Hotel Doha

... entrée - $7

Back in Winnipeg I pretty much stuck to drinking water and I’m doing the same here. The tap water is safe to drink but most people buy bottled water. I have bottled water for guests but drink and cook with the tap water for myself. Of course Pepsi, Coke and other soft drinks are readily available as are Tropicana and other fresh and from concentrate juices. You can get fresh milk but the printed expiry ...

... you out trying to communicate with people who have English at a second language or know very little English.

In our compound of 48 units only 4 are currently occuppied. Of the 4, 2 left for summer back to their homeland to beat the heat. Of the two families that left, one is from Belgium and have three little kids and the other is a Lebanease family with ...

... high end hand bags, just like the western high end shoppers seen in the mall as well. Even in their modesty, for the hijab is, at least in part, a display of modesty, the women of Doha in the Villagio are as trendy and "chique" as they come. Some of the women whose faces are exposed wear looser fitting robes with larger openings. When they walk and the slit at the bottom opens up you can see many are wearing designer jeans (or jeans meant to look ...

... almost everyone here was coming from somewhere else other than Qatar. Can't imagine there's that much to see here. Looked very modern and developed from the view out of the plane when landing. Couldn't understand why these planes just left without these people. Probably too busy browsing the duty free or ignorant for not checking the departures board. Glad to be ...

... driving thinking he could make it only to realize we had to turn back. We turned back but couldn't find the other truck. We circled and circled and nothing. We had a couple of people in the car we didn't know because not everyone had 4x4's and one of them thought he saw the lost truck. He told Sebouh to go down the sand bank and to take a look. At this time it had darkened already. Sebouh thought it wasn't a good spot to go down as the truck we ...

26th Get up at 4 am and wait for dive master, who never arrives. I didn't think he would. Tour companies here can not keep their word - let this be a lesson for all. Back to bed. Later try weaponry museum down the road, but it's closed. Everything is closed. It's torridly hot so I go back to the hostel and sleep some more. Have lunch at cafe across the road. The men in the kitchen ...

... you think sat next to me? A beautiful girl with a mini skirt, no bra and a see-through blouse? Or a guy whose breath smelled like he just got through eating a plate of ****? A big plate. Every breath he exhaled in my direction reminded me of his unusual choice of dinner. Maybe on the return flight I'll get to sit next to that girl whom I just described. I won't hold my breath - but I sure wish the guy next to me would hold his. 08 June - Night(mare) in Doha Okay, so I made ...

Auf dem Rueckweg hatte ich 12 h Aufenthalt in Doha und nutzte die Gelegenheit, mir die Stadt mal naeher anzuschauen... Aber ausser shopping malls und der wirklich schoenen Strandpromenade gabs da nicht viel zu sehen. Jedenfalls nicht in ein paar Stunden.

... here as the traffic is horrendous. There is absolutely no order when it comes to 'rules of the road'. Speaking of the road; During my cab ride, I noticed an advertisement on one of the overpasses that said "Illinois Medical...something" It really didn't say "something", but I can't remember what exactly it did say. I was pretty surprised to see Illinois on a sign over here. I wonder if it actually referred to the state of Illinois...

... land at Tribhuwan International Airport (Kathmandu )but no pictures as my camera is stored 3 seats back. At the airport we apply for a tourist visa and on receipt of $30 are given our visa and entry into Nepal. ( I did look into getting one before I departed with Visafirst but standard service worked out to be £95). As the tour companies are not allowed inside the airport I have to make my way to the exit after ...