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Al Wakrah, Qatar
... must come now."
"No, I don't know where it is." I failed to mark that one on my map. "I guess I'll have to find it. I don't understand why you can't tell me what's happened."
"Just come Wakra station. Five minutes and you go."
"Please, can you tell me if I'm in trouble?"
"Big problem. Ah, my English no good. You know Wakra station?"
In Qatar ...
Mafi Mushkila (No problem in Arabic)
... Prada, etc and dressed very well! Their shoes are fabulous and their makeup is so skilled because this is how they express themselves since they are covered head to toe with the abaya.
Prayer is five times a day. I absolutely LOVE hearing the muezzin sing his adhān call to prayer. Because the Muslims pray so often, there are mosques in Doha like Chicago has Starbucks…one on every corner. Each one is so ...
Oil Money
... They are so rich that Doha built its own island, created because, well, every country needs an island. It's called The Pearl, and it is where the truly wealthy live with their yachts and imported trees. The Pearl is made up of concentric circles around what will one day be the actual pearl built at the center. I wish I knew what exactly this pearl would look like, but that's the beauty of Qatar-- you never know what it will ...
Achievement Unlocked: Puppetmaster
So here I am at Doha airport and it's time to get in shape for the last intercontinental flight of this journey. Had the brilliant idea to spend the last hours in Kathmandu looking for interesting ways of getting rid of my last rupees, somehow worked since I finally got the damn handmade puppets I was looking for since the very first day in Nepal- well, at an acceptable price.
At last, paid 450 rupees for a single one, which will basically be my own ...
D'oh, a... very sad goodbye
... are that they had better improve the airport before then or there will be a lot of English footbal fans (thugs) very unhappy. Its very nice, new and clean and I like the 'quiet rooms' but Mr Qatar Airport might want to actually introduce some form of usable shop or at least a place to eat that doesn't just sell Rolexes (the watch, not the cheap Ugandan egg snack), tickets to those ridiculous 'win this megacar!' competitions (who enters those anyway?) or have ...



