Oasis Hotel And Beach Club Doha

... is within about three days from the date of purchase. I buy the long-life UHT treated milk which they also say you should consume within three days of opening. I’m sure my former co-worker, Knight, who would eat yogurt weeks or months past the expiry date, would be quite proud knowing that I still drink it after a week or so. Alcohol, as explained in another post, is restricted to the hotels and those with a license to purchase it.

... kids around our kids ages.

The other/third family in the compound is from South Africa and they do entertain us. Their accent and we spend the first few days making their son - age 9ish say different phrases. He then told Annette that when she speaks it sounds like she has a 'cat stuck in her mouth'.

The parents are Ettieane and Erika. They have been ...

... designer jeans) underneath. Perhaps even more interesting than seeing women who hide their face and yet seem eminently concerned with their appearence is to watch the dyamic of the man and his woman. In Nepal, a very interesting cultural observation to be made is that women seem very sheltered and hidden from the public. I would say that in Nepal we saw nearly 3 times as many men as women. When leaving Kathmandu, there were two security lines, one for ...

... on the bus towards the aircraft knowing I wasn't going to hear "ding, ding, this is an announcement for mr x. would mr x please go to gate x for immediate boarding for flight number xxx to x." Heard it so many times I could have jumped onto the tannoy and done it for them. Knew all the scripts off by heart. Not the best 6 hours of my trip to date, that's for sure.

... looking at was stuck. The man in the car insisted so Sebouh did. As soon as we got to the bottom of the bank we got stuck. We were in the middle of three tall sand banks and it was dark. We tried to get out by going back and forth but nothing. It was a very soft pit of sand. We were in a Toyota Land Cruiser, which is the most common vehicle in this country because of how well they drive on sand (aside from th fact that its a Toyota). We had to call my ...

... wearing the same yellow 'Australian Wildflowers' apron that mum has back home. Catch the bus into the city with Nick and walk to the National Museum. Not quite so hot now. Museum is closed also, so walk to Corniche and check out the dhow harbour. Was hoping to catch a dhow across the harbour to the post office, but can't find one so take a taxi. Doha central post office is ...

... through the flight without too much unpleasantness, arriving in Doha, Qatar at just around midnight. The first thing I tried to do was to confirm my return flight because I didn't want to show up in Cape Town at the end of my trip and find that my reservation for my return flight had also been canceled. But believe it or not, here at the world headquarters of Qatar Airways, they were neither able to reconfirm my flight, nor were they able to put me in touch with somebody ...

I left from Nice on October 31, 2007 for Doha, Qatar. I was to connect in Frankfurt but missed the connection (along with 60 other planes!) due to heavy fog. What ensued was night-marish! All of my ideas of perfect German organisation were thrown out of the window as we were left to languish in a line with no water, food, or trips to the toilet for 5 hours. By the time ...

Ramadan starts with the sighting of the new moon in the 9th month of the Islamic Calendar, so if it's cloudy at night and you cannot see the moon then it is possible the month will start the next day. But we could see the moon last night so it started today. Ramadan Kereem (Happy Ramadan!). It is the holiest month in which the revelation of the Koran began and the conquest of Mecca occurred. The month also ends with the phase ...

... my bags. A "helpful " guy assists me to find my bags as I forgot which carousel to collect it from and strides ahead to the exit. Passing the foreign exchange counter and outside of the airport we are met by loads of people looking for their pick ups with names on and other helpful porters. I spot the Trailblazer sign with my name on it and go towards them. Tilak ( I regognise from his web photo) greets me and leads me ...