Hotels in Doha - Prices and Reviews

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 acr...

25th Dive has been put off til tomorrow so decide to go out of town for the day instead. Taxi in to central bus station and then 102 bus to Umm Salal Mohammad. Spot the towers of the fort and walk to them. Jump wall and go exploring. All reno'd up, looks like it's set to become an official attraction. From the top of fort I spot the other towers...

The next day I went out to visit Umm-Said, a costal industrial area of Qatar. I was looking forward for this part as since my childhood I used to fantasize about this area. My father worked in Qatar Steel Company Limited (Qasco) since I was five and I used to grow up hearing and seeing picture of this area. I started from Doha after Launch and t...

So there we are at the Doha International Airport. We had our boarding passes, our luggage was checked, we were on our way to Bahrain for the weekend. Well thats what we thought! When we got to the Passport check out we found out something very important. If you come to Qatar on a buisness visa (sponsored by whomever you are working for) and you...

A group of us from work went off shore fishing. We didn't catch many big fish but was a lot of fun and the water was beautiful. Take a look at the pictures.

Booked a night out under the stars at Qatar's Inland Sea which ia about an hours drive south of Doha. The inland sea is more like an ocean inlet. Many Qataris camp overnight in canvas tents on or near it. They then abuse their fourbies by racing along sand flats and climbing up 20-30 metre steep sand dunes. It was a good change from the hard roc...

I just had to use the word "Qatari". :) Qatar was indeed very restful and relaxing. Went on a dhow cruise and had a local dinner, absolutely delicious.

so... Qatar. um... i really don't know what to say. honestly, i had no idea where our stopover was until i started asking around. what i learned (from other backpackers, and the inflight magazine) is that Qatar is a small country next to Saudi Arabia, that makes its money off of oil. allegedly, they do pretty well for themselves, because every c...

Our Istanbul departure was flawless considering how difficult it was to leave. Flights cancelled for days, a full flight and then, all of a sudden, we were in the air and out of the snow and cold. I could not have imagined our stop over destination of Doha, Qatar. It is on the Arabian peninsula and is smaller than the island of Manhattan with a ...