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Al Wakrah, Qatar
... paced luxury cars because it was their country and nobody knew that better than a Qatari. Other common driving regulations were ignored by all. People frequently turn from outside lanes, cutting off one or two lanes of traffic in the process. Double parking was commonplace. So was parking on the curbs. If there was a code of conduct it remained a mystery to me.
The call had come ...
The Pearl and a Lamborghini
... to where they are BUILDING sand dunes. I guess to make Doha look more “Arabian”?!?! These people have way too much money. It was Sunday, a weekday, so things were very quite. But, I noticed that Qatarians are quite nocturnal. My theory is, for 7 months of the year, the temperatures get to 110-120 degrees, so they wait for the sun to go down when it’s cooler. But, now, the temps are similar to San Diego during the day and very ...
Oil Money
... to the resort, women in Qatar do tend to wear what they want. It is a conservative culture and it would certainly be seen as disrepectful to wear pants or skirts abover the knees or shirts that exposed your cleavage, but people here generally have a live-and-let-live attitude. The few daring souls who walked around with exposed shoulders were not chastised, in fact, there was not a second glance given to them. Qataris are an ...
Achievement Unlocked: Puppetmaster
... woman travelling alone in Business class with one of the best and most expensive airliens in the world sleeps on two chairs folded together instead of booking a hotel room?
People have different perceptions of money and how to use them, it's my answer.
Hope you enjoyed the blog, or at least that it didn't leave you indifferent! I'll definitely post another, greater adventure in the future, that time hopefully will last longer.
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Sand and more sand.
Our arrival into Athens was to an absolutely freezing early morning and we were taken by bus on a city tour, mainly because at this early hour our hotel rooms would not be available. we cruised around and had three main stops, the first to see a huge amphitheater, then up to the Parthenon where most of the group climbed the hill to have a close look (but we didn't as we were not prepared to risk getting more health problems with the cold wind and a hot chocolate at the nice ...



