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A  refurbished Doha roundabout along the corniche  
   

A refurbished Doha roundabout along the corniche

This one has perfume bottles on it. Every roundabout is decorated with something so it can be identified. They are the landmarks of Doha and you describe where you want to go by the roundabout there. There are very few traffic lights but zillions of roundabouts.
Qatar

March 8th 2006
Hi again family and friends! I flew (just under an hour) from Abu Dhabi to Qatar, a tiny Arab country half the size of Wales on a peninsular of the Persian (Arabian) Gulf with a population of about 800 000 people, of which only about 200 000 are local Qataris and the rest expats. Martin met me at the airport. He is a kiwi cousin who has been working here 3 months and will be joined by his wife Ma ... read more
Middle East » Qatar » Doha

Qatari Flag 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
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