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Rydges Plaza Doha

Abu Firas St, Al Bidda Doha, Qatar

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Al Wakrah, Qatar

A travel blog entry by hodizzle

... distance of my office and the main souk, the two places I spent nearly all of my time. If only because Doha was such an undesirable locale, the traffic was minimal compared to cities like New Delhi or Jakarta. Sitting through three red light cycles was standard during the busy hours, but the city was small enough to navigate relatively easily. Most of the frustration, for me at least, ...

Last Day in Doha

A travel blog entry by monkeygoplaces

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Spent the day catching up on homework while Julia went to work. It's amazing how I can blog and 900 words, just write themselves but if I have to do it for a paper, it takes me all day and is a daunting task.

I wish I would’ve been able to see the camel races. Sorry I missed those. Jockeys were outlawed in 2005 because of human rights (they were using 4yo kidnapped little boys and starving them to keep them small and lightweight), so they use robots now ...

Oil Money

A travel blog entry by orianapacker

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... that had been dyed different colors. They looked like little Easter eggs, and I couldn't help thinking they were cute, despite the apparent animal cruelty displayed (of which there is a lot here). One day Maria, a group of her friends and I drove to the sealine, a particular treat for me since I had never before swam in the Persian Gulf. We underwent a comedy of errors getting there, including her friend locking his keys in ...

Achievement Unlocked: Puppetmaster

A travel blog entry by ifranz

... the normal price in Thamel: I don't care how rich you think I am or how poor you think you are, I haven't been asked a rupee more than the real price by any of the poorest old tibetan refugees selling necklaces on the burning sidewalks so get out of my way and shut up. They had it worse than all of us together.

Anyway! Carrying a backpack full of goodies I finally left Nepal and the last worries of this trip where everything went right, then wrong, ...

Luxury in the MIddle East...

A travel blog entry by aaronandhelen

... us up in a 'transit hotel'

We arrive at Doha international feeling rather vile and crabby and finally receive our hotel voucher and get stamped in to the country. The journey to the hotel reveals a lot about Doha... we drive along clean, organised road systems lined by pampered gardens and stare in amazement at some of the hotels that pass by. This place screams money! And to our delight, our transit hotel was no ...

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