Ritz Carlton Doha

... in between as well as any and all luxury cars. There are dealerships for Toyota, Honda, Mazda, GM (including Saab and Opel), Ford, Hyundai, Mitsubishi, Nissan, BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Bentley, and Maserati. I drove by the Rolls Royce dealership that’s opening soon but maybe there’s another one that I haven’t seen yet. There’s others that I’ve never heard of and I’m sure there’s a few I ...

Well apparently the rumor that the fingeprint place is not open until noon is true. Got up early and at the request of the "local HR director" I tested the rumors.....it was closed. Went early at lunch on to see that 9-10 local labourers were already standing in line. It was a cool 106 degrees as I stood outside for only 20 minutes this time. The 'fingerprint' guy saw me and recognized me from my 1.5 ...

... almost as scary as unsettling. When I saw a woman with two eyeslits walking through the lobby of our 4 star Best Western affiliated hotel with her husband last night I shuddered, thinking to myself, essentially, how tough must that dude be to make his wife dress like that, either by personal choice or force. But today I saw man and woman walking hand and hand. A couple in which the man could not even so much as look into his wife's eyes passed me ...

... from this and savor your fish food for gentle consumption) another of me eating a tissue as the food was so expensive in Doha and some of Aili feeding her pet Giraffe, unfortunately he was confiscated at Gatwick - it appears pet Giraffe's are illegal in the UK would you ...

... were finally able to get both vehicles freed from that pit. It took us in all an hour to get both trucks out while everyone waited for us on a flatter surface. We finally were able to make our way home. Exhausted as we were, we went home and showered. We were ready to call it a night but some of Sebouh's friends wanted to go out to eat. So, a few of us went to a restaurant in a Lebanese Hotel (can't remember the name) and had some awesome sushi. After ...

... Zwischenstop feststellen konnte, ist eigentlich das gesamte Servicepersonal zugewandert. Aber ich greife vor. Die Beköstigung war gut. Die Getränke etwas zu wenig, aber erträglich. Der Mittelplatz (am Notausgang :) ) blieb leer, so dass sich mein Nachbar und ich komplett ausbreiten konnten. Die Temperatur in Doha war nicht so schlimm, wie ich es mir vorgestellt hatte. Warm, sogar heiß, aber nicht so, dass ich gleich zerlaufen wäre. Die Einreise war unproblematisch ...

... for my purposes, I then proceeded to the so-called "Quiet Room". Ha! It was a semi-dark room with reclining chairs that might have been usable for sleeping - had the room been anywhere near quiet. Not wanting to be the cause of sleeping passengers missing their flights, this room was bombarded with a constant barrage of flight announcements - one after the other - non-stop - until about 2:30 a.m. Unable to sleep in the chairs provided, I pulled my sleeping bag out of ...

More Qatar pics here We got into Qatar at 6am after a red-eye flight from Berlin. Our connecting flight to Johannesberg was in 16 hours. We both didn't get much sleep and so, bleary-eyed, we went off to explore Qatar. Frank went to talk to the Qatar Airlines guy at the counter, and without really even asking, the guy gave us a free hotel and transfer voucher, and also paid for our 24 hour Qatar visa, which saved us $60. We ...

... to eat or drink in public. This is enforced by fines or being arrested. At the end of the day the fast is broken with prayer and a meal called the iftar. In the evening following the iftar it is customary for Muslims to go out visiting family and friends. The fast is resumed the next morning. Many of the local hotels have huge buffets to eat at in the eve. The locals all go out about 10 pm and the dinners last till 1 am ...

Passport Fiasco! I'm sure not many people in the history of traveling have ever had this problem. Just from my experience, I don't see how anyone could get into or out of a country without getting their passport stamped. It can't be easy. Unless you're me of course... About 10 days after I arrived back in Kandahar, I was cleaning out my desk and came across my passport. Immediate worry washed over me as I realized that I had checked into the ...