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Background: Ruled by the Al Thani family since the mid-1800s, Qatar transformed itself from a poor British protectorate noted mainly for pearling into an independent state with significant oil and natural gas revenues. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Qatari economy was crippled by a continuous siphoning off of petroleum revenues by the amir, who had ruled the country since 1972. His son, the current Amir HAMAD bin Khalifa Al Thani, overthrew him in a bloodless coup in 1995. In 2001, Qatar resolved its longstanding border disputes with both Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. Oil and natural gas revenues enable Qatar to have one of the highest per capita incomes in the world.




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By Sal Gav
April 29th 2007
Qatar Road Trip Middle East » Qatar
On the Road to Al Khor
On the Road to Al Khor
We set out at around midday, and headed north to the satellite city of Al Khor. The scenery was quite bedazzling as you can see from this shot taken en route..
Qatar Road Trip Middle East » Qatar By Sal Gav April 29th 2007 Sal & Gav NewnhamThis weekend was a DOOZIE!!! You should SEE what this country has to offer!!! Words simply cannot describe the variety, beauty and excitement of the landscape of Qatar... [View Full Entry]

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Published: April 29th 2007 | 904 Views | [diary=153392]

Stunning Scenery Heading North
The Town of Sumaysima
Destination Ras Laffan

By Amedeus
April 3rd 2007
Doha Airport Middle East » Qatar » Doha
Untitled Adam TaylorOk i've stated my journey for vietnam and left london at 15.30 this morning. My connection is in doha to then continue on to saigon. I read quite a few bad blogs about doha airport and their airlines but so far ive been pretty impressed. I do have a 7 hour wait for my next flight though which is bit of killer but i booked the oryx lounge which is alrite as you can sleep on a sofa and get drinks and light snacks bonus! Anyway just killing time for the next 7 hour flight to saigon just [View Full Entry]

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Published: April 3rd 2007 | 248 Views | [diary=144531]


Coffee Shop in Traditional Souk
Coffee Shop in Traditional Souk
This market area has been restored to original architectural astyle. It was filled with men, smoking (often from water pipes) and drinking coffee.
A Glimpse of the Middle East March 29-31, 2007 It would be impossible to imagine a greater study in contrast than our experience in beautiful but impoverished Lesotho and our short stay in Doha, capital city of Qatar, one of the richest countries in the world. An 8 hour flight can indeed take you to a whole other world. We flew Qatar Air from Johannesberg, SA to Doha and even as the bus made its way from the aircraft to the terminal, we were able to glimpse the rounded turrets of mosques beyond the airport’s perimeter. Because our flight path [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 30th 2007 | 429 Views | [diary=149184]

Park Area with Mosque
Ultra Modern Skyline
The City center mall (and rink!)

By Pedro O
March 10th 2007
Petrodolares Middle East » Qatar » Doha
Hookah
Hookah
Para la tardecita, nada mejor que una hookah de manzana.
Qatar?...donde diablos queda Qatar? Qatar es uno de los paises mas pequenos de medio oriente al lado derecho de Arabia Saudita, es un pais muy rico por el petroleo y por gas natural al igual que por ser sede de la cadena noticiosa Al-Jazeera. Cuenta con 4 millones de habitantes, pero mas de la mitad son immigrantes de India y Filipinas que vienen a hacer los trabajos de construccion de los grandes edificios y hoteles que estan construyendo. PRIMERA IMPRESION Me fue muy comico llegar al aeropuerto y ver a todos estos senores vestidos de blanco con sus tunicas y sus [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 8th 2007 | 2271 Views | [diary=139277]

Cuidado Petroleo
Bahia con Arabe
Burro con Arabe

Pia
Pia
Lunching at Sheraton
Yesterday afternoon I visited Al Jazeera news rooms where Pia works. Given my job in PR I found it hugely interesting (as were the conversations with Pia and her journalist colleagues - such ambitious and high energy people) even if the Al Jazeera English language centre looked pretty much the same than CNN and CNBC in London. In the evening two nights of hardly any sleep just became too much for me and went to bed at nine. After sleeping around the clock i felt fine and was all full of energy - off to gym then. I was on my [View Full Entry]

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Published: February 18th 2007 | 297 Views | [diary=130485]

Qatarian people
Mosque
Sheikh's palace

By Karoliina
February 17th 2007
Doha experience Middle East » Qatar » Doha
Finally on the road
Finally on the road
Me and my far too heavy backpack
My trip has started!!! As per normal, the last days were mad, and particularly leaving work happened in quite a rush. Goodbyes with all my lovely friends and colleagues were quite hard must say - you really made me feel special during those last London days. I arrived in Doha, Qatar, at 6 yesterday morning. My friend Pia lives here so I'm staying here for a couple of days with her. I took a taxi from the airport - with no exact address as it 'just does not work that way in Doha' - and it took a little while to [View Full Entry]

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Published: February 17th 2007 | 304 Views | [diary=130028]

That's how it looks like in Doha
Camel races
...palm trees and skyscrapers

By jimichoo
February 8th 2007
Ra's Laffan Port Middle East » Qatar
Hi all! Well this is just a quick update as to what I have been doing. Mmmmm . . . nothing. This is my second job since the last posting and it has all been pretty stock standard. Vessel positioning and diver tracking etc etc. I am currently in a place called Ra's Laffan in Qatar. It is a port that doesn't let you in or out. "Excuse me" you say, well it's true. It is a very very restrictive place. A few divers just walked up to the gates and were promptly told to get lost with an official coming [View Full Entry]

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Published: February 8th 2007 | 142 Views | [diary=126928]


By baileysblog
January 29th 2007
First Job Middle East » Qatar » Doha
Sharjah Port
Sharjah Port
Sharjah Port with 3 jack-up rigs in the background
After getting back to Dubai I flew straight over to Doha in Qatar where the client company put me up in the Marriot (a much nicer hotel than the Royal Crown Hotel- I’ve got no idea where they got the idea it’s “Royal”). So I was stoked to be lounging in luxury. After attending a couple of meetings we were flew out by Gulf Helicopters to the Mersk platform AS-E-C (imaginative naming!). My South African work-mate Paul and I were to do some levelling on the platform and set up a RTK base station on the heli-deck in order to position [View Full Entry]

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Published: February 3rd 2007 | 218 Views | [diary=125325]

Sharjah Port 2
Survey-Man

By Sal Gav
December 25th 2006
Xmas in Qatar Middle East » Qatar » Doha
Happy New Year!! Christmas came & went & here are some pics of the few days we spent with David, Brenda & Naomi Newnham... We had so much fun, finally being tourists here in Doha. Took the fam to our favourite Indian restaurant, Chingari, ate arabic food at Balhambar on the corniche, headed into the desert for an arabian adventure full of sanddunes, camels & arabic tea and enjoyed Christmas day in style with 9 holes at the Doha Golf Club for the boys and 5 star spa & pampering at the 4 Seasons Hotel for the girls, followed by a [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 29th 2007 | 318 Views | [diary=121773]

Jamal in the Xmas spirit..
Nome & David atop the Camels
Jamal in the Flesh!!

By Waughzoo
December 23rd 2006
free day in Doha Middle East » Qatar » Doha
I wasn't sure how long it would take to get my work done at the undisclosed location, so I didn't book a return until Friday evening. That means that today was a free day in Doha. I took advantage of the spare time to sleep in, but I'm over the jet lag thing apparently. I was out of bed by 8:00. Oh well, at least I'll get to suffer when I get back home on Saturday. I went out and decided to head toward the Corniche. I was excited to see restaurants at the end of the Dhow pier, but as [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 22nd 2006 | 263 Views | [diary=112883]

digital minaret
The Maharaja
Back at the souqs