Biggest Shopping Cart in the World

Exploring the traditional Qatar

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February 6th 2006
After a weekend full of shopping (which included a stop at the World's biggest shopping cart...until Dubai builds a bigger one next month 😉, I had a chance to finally experience some the Qatari culture and food. I finally went to the souqs on Saturday night. Souqs are local markets where a goods are plentiful, as is bartering. It was quite a bit different than I imagined. In my head, I ... read more

Middle East » Qatar

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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 ... ... read more