Blogs from Qatar, Middle East - page 8

I decided to combine Oman and Qatar into one blog since we were in both countries for less than a week combined. We were lucky to be couchsurfing again in these countries as there are no hostels at all, camping would be insane, and the cheaper hotels start at more than 100 dollars a day. True they are all luxury but on the best of days I would not want to spend such money on a hotel. So, Oman. Like Dubai I really liked Oman. So a bit of history that I thought was interesting. It was fasinating to see how much in common Oman has to Zanzibar. When we were in Zanzibar we learned that Zanzibar used to be part of Oman, but really didnt think too much about it at the time. In Oman ... read more

Det er midt om natten, både i Qatar tid og dansk tid, men formiddag på Filippinerne. Vi sidder i skrivende stund, i den samme lufthavn, i den samme lounge, ved det samme bord og i de samme stole som hvor vi sad da denne blog for første gang så dagens lys. Nu skal den have en ende :-( ....-om et par timer boarder vi QR 85 mod København og så er bryllupsrejsen for alvor overstået!!!! Underligt, men hvedebrødsdagene for lov at vare ved :-) Tak til alle jer som har gidet at bruge jeres tid på at følge med. Håber I har nydt det....-måske ikke så meget som vi har, men alligevel!!! :-)... read more

Most people by now have heard of the news phenomenon that is Al-Jazeera. In the US, many still view it with deep suspicion (due to a misguided perception that it is, somehow, anti-American), but generally it has developed a reputation as one of the better international news programs in the world. Fewer know that it is based in Doha, Qatar and even fewer know what its name means. In Arabic, “al-jazeera” translates as the “the island” or, more aptly in this case, “the peninsula”. Qatar is a spit of a peninsula jutting off the enormous peninsula of Arabia. You get the picture. Although I was only in Qatar for a short weekend, and in no real position to make any sweeping analytical assertions about Qatari society, I was struck by the differences I noticed between it ... read more

Lige en lille update fra Oryx Loungen i Doha lufthavn, hvor vi har siddet de sidste 4 timer med snacks og rødvin og ventet på flyet til Manila. Vi tog afsted hjemmefra CPH kl 11:15 på nødudgangspladser i flyveren og Champagne på deres regning.....-så vi var godt tilfredse og takker Qatar for rigtig god behandling og mad hele vejen :-) Er ved at være lidt trætte, hvilket vel er naturligt nok, men men ......-godt kommer til dem som venter, så det gør vi!!!! Gaaaaaab Kæmpe knus og hilsner til alle jer pragtfulde mennesker som var med til at gøre vores dag i Lørdags helt uforglemmelig Love fra Tusseprinsen og hans wifey... read more

Hej alla framtida lasare! Skriver nu ett forsta inlagg for att testa om travleblog ar nagot att ha. Skriver pa ett arabiskt tangentbord sa det blir inga svenska bokstaver. Vi ar inne pa en lyxig lounge dar vi far mat och sprit i valfria mangder. Atminstone i de mangder vi vill ha de. Forsta flyget gick riktigt bra och Qatar verkar vara ett toppenflygbolag. Har torkat mig med blota handdukar i ansiktet fler ganger idag an de senaste 20 aren tillsammans. Hoppas att detta kan vara en bra sida att ha sin resblogg pa. Ha det fantastiskt alla dar hemma. Mia har dessutom lart sig massa om geografi, t.ex. att Qatar ar ett land och inte bara ett flygbolag. Jag kan erkanna att jag inte visste mycket mer... Massa kramar fran Emil och Mia ... read more

We moved to Doha in August 2010 after signing a contract with an employer in Doha.... read more

so during the time that i was waiting to get onto my 15 hour flight , a guy was asked for a pen next to me n he opens his bag n ofcourse i spot his canadian bus pass or specific BC pass am like omgggg ur canadian hes like uhhh howd u kno am like bus pass ...... turns out the irony he lives a couple streets away from me haha n thank god i meet him or else oh keep reading uill know ...... anyways the flight i get on n ofcourse am stuck between 2 brown old men that staired me up n down like i was a criminal ....... they snored the whole time n let alone their snoring the kids were everywhere screaming n shouting n running .... oh god wut ... read more

Kurzes Update: Nach langem Tauziehen zwischen Regierung und Demonstranten ist die Lage in Bangkok am 19. Mai explodiert (siehe Zeitungen). So fühlte ich mich nicht mehr länger sicher in meiner Unterkunft, die sich ausserhalb des Stadtzentrumes befindet. Das zum erliegen kommende Handynetz, Busse die nicht mehr fahren, Zeitungsberichte von Bränden, die Ausgangssperre und das umgekehrte Verkehrsbild Bangkoks (alle Autos wollen raus, keiner will rein) führten dazu dass ich umgehend meine Koffer packte und regelrecht auf den Flughafen geflohen bin. Dank meinen zwei Freunden die mich schon zum Hochzeit einluden musste ich nicht alleine dorthin. Zu meiner und ihrer grossen Erleichterung konnte ich meinen Flug auf sofort vorverschieben und mein Flugzeug startete nur 4 Stunden nach meiner "Flucht". Das Bild aus dem Flugzeug war schrecklich, Brände, Feuerleuchten von den Soldaten und lee... read more

About halfway into our time in SE Asia we'd decided that India would not be our next stop and we'd go there later in the year. The main reason for this was the heat. Malaysia and Cambodia were particularly humid and we knew India at the time we wanted to visit would be even worse. It made more sense therefore to book a flight to the Middle East, as it would be a lovely Mediterranean spring. Surveying flights we decided against the markedly cheaper option of Aeroflot, a third rate Russian airline with a flight safety record to make any respectable engineer gasp with horror. Instead we went for Qatar Airlines, with whom we would get to Jordan with a stop over in Doha, Qatar. I should note that the Middle East is often not on ... read more