http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Middle East , Qatar en-us Tue, 01 Dec 09 06:24:59 +0000 Tue, 01 Dec 09 06:24:59 +0000 Hello everyone from sunny Doha....the city where it never seems to rain.Well I've been here for over a week now but have been busy uploading my Africa shots so haven't had much of a chance to write anything. I've been having a lovely time hanging out with the Storm family and seeing what their life in Doha Qatar is like. And I have to say it's quite different to life back in NZ with early schoo http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/Doha/blog-448113.html Hello all and first of all apologies for the lengthy delay in uploading this entry. Irsquove succumbed to the realities of international flying Free time to do this kind of stuff is a rare luxury now. Sleep eat fly and layovers are the four main elements of life nowadays. So where to begin I suppose Istanbul would be the logical place. This was my second observer flight and was on the A320 http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/Doha/blog-445593.html Went on an ITT tour called Arabian Adventures. We went south to the Khawr al Udaid and looked across the Saudi Arabia. Then we rode through the sand dunes to a beach on the east coast. It was quite and adventurous ride and several times we were completely horizontal and I thought for sure we would tip over. It was a lot of fun. We got to ride camels smoke hooka go sand boarding and snorkel http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/Doha/blog-444836.html coming soon http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/Doha/blog-444689.html Hey everyoneWell for first Eid which is the celebration at the end of Ramadan a few friends and I decided to go to Doha as one of my friends knew people we could stay with. She had befriended a Qatari family years ago and called one of the brothers of the family so we could stay there. On arrival we were picked up by her friend Ibrahim who is...well I'll just say it...CRAZY He was so jeal http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/Doha/blog-438292.html The last few days of July were rather kind to us namely in the form of a few much easier days of training and our first pay day. We had two days of training at the Qatar Aeronautical College where we studied Security and Dangerous goods. The two instructors were exBritish armyRAF and it was a welcome change to hear some Brits I was also able to get a few contacts there as itrsquos at the Aero http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/Doha/blog-433518.html hellip. Seid wann habe ich ein Boot Habe ich gar nicht. Ich hatte mich aber letzten Freitag 14.08.2009 mit dem Nissan Navara PickUp den ich zur Zeit fahre am Strand festgefahren. Und da das Auto keinen 4x4 Antrieb besitzt sondern NUR 1x2 haben sich die hinteren Rder in den Sand festgefahren. Wieso denn hinten Ja das ist wie bei BMW. Alles Heckantriebler diese blden PickUps. Da bri http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/Doha/blog-431728.html hellipwar schon ziemlich toll. Auch wenn es an diesem Tag mit 45C normal warm war hat einen die Luftfeuchtigkeit von 85 gezeigt das es auch andere Bereiche dieser Welt gibt die tropisches Wetter haben. Der Tag fing wie jeder andere auch an. Natrlich nur die die auch mit der Nachtschicht begonnen haben. Spt aufstehen spt zur Arbeit fahren den Bericht von meinem Section Engineer lesen u http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/Doha/blog-430215.html 30 July 2009Morningafternoonevening everyoneHaving finished Cabin Services the previous day we went straight into the Safety and Emergency Procedures SEP. We learnt how to handle ourselves the passengers and the aircraft in a variety of emergency situations including ditching on water lavatory fires and ground evacuations. We also learned how to deal with situations such as an incapacitate http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/Doha/blog-427620.html the roof is on fire...Ja ein Lied von der Bloodhound Gang aber auch wahre Realitt.0130 Uhr alle Arbeiter sind schon bei der Bussammelstelle und warten auf die Busse.Ich sitze vor der Portable Cabine Baucontainer der General Foremen mit dem Supervisor und bespreche die vergangenen Geschehnisse auf der Baustelle um diese in meinem Bericht fr meinen Section Engineer in der Tagschicht festzu http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/Doha/blog-426917.html ist gerade hier in den sehr warmen Regionen ein sehr guter Ersatz fr die Tagschich.Das glaubt man vielleicht. Schlielich knallt die Sonne dann nicht so.Das stimmt natrlich. Aber man bedenke das die Luftfeuchtigkeit in der Nacht viel hher ist. Tags ber schwitzt man sicherlich eine Menge. Fragt sich nur kann man in der Nacht auch schwitzen Entweder schwitzt man sehr sehr sehr viel oder man http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/Doha/blog-422592.html On July 15th we said our good byes to our fellow volunteers and boarded a Qatar Airways flight to Doha. The luxury of the airplane in comparison to the way we had been living for the past two months was striking. Qatar Airways certainly aims to please. Upon arrival in Doha we were given free visas a free hotel stay at the Movenpick and free dinner... all because we had a 13 hour layover. It wa http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/Doha/blog-420140.html ... sind nicht wie man sie aus Deutschland kennt.In diesem Teil moechte ich mich ausschliesslich auf das Villagio konzentrieren.Aber zuerst muss ich erwaehnen das ich mich zur Zeit auf der Arbeit befinde ja ich habe Pause und das nicht zu knapp und da ich hier nur eine amerikanische undoder eine arabische Tastatur habe kann ich keine Umlaute und sonstigen Schriftzeichen wie sie es nur in http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/Doha/blog-418836.html 10 July 2009After two months worth of medicals and waiting I finally arrived in Doha on 20th June. I was met at the airport by a housing officer who took me to my apartment. It is in the Bin Mahmoud district which is a twenty minute drive from the airport. The apartment is very large and is brand new so I am amongst the first batch of people to live in it. We all received a welcome hamper with s http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/Doha/blog-417503.html And so week 5 on the road and I seem to have landed in Qatar. Actually not quite five weeks I think I got a few days at home but it just didnrsquot work out. I kept leaving my laundry in a bag ready for collection but honestly the service was rubbish. Or perhaps Irsquom jinxed the hotel here managed to lose my trousers for a day and I had to wear shorts to the office. A drop in standards http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/Doha/blog-416871.html This is a solo trip...it's my deployment to the desert. Jeremy went the same time as I did but to a different location. I left on Jan 13 2006 and got back May 16 2006...roughly 4 months. My deployment location was a base in Qatar called Al Udeid. We left from Hill UT and had to go to Nellis AFB in Vegas to catch our plane. It's just a normal plane with flight attendants and everything b http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/blog-416545.html Das kann ich Euch sagen bzw. ich kann es Euch zeigen.Umrechnungskursist ungefhr 1 Euro 5 Qatar Rial http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/Doha/blog-415860.html 9am It is 43 degrees Celsius outside. Welcome to Qatar. I have just left my home for the last year Taiwan land of short shorts to the Arabian Peninsula where women hide all but their eyes behind black veils and robes. The temperature is about 10 degrees hotter than what I am used to in tropical Taiwan but curiously it is so dry that I have not even broken a sweat. This is one of the smallest http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/Doha/blog-415374.html .... Gestern hatte ich meine erste eigene Inspektion.Da ich vorher berwiegend nur im Satellite Office gesessen habe und die Massen an Stahl und Beton im SollIstZustand verglichen habe neben einigen anderen Sachen war ich gestern und heute fr die Inspektionen mitverantwortlich.Da wir zur Zeit im ZweiSchichtenBetrieb Tag und Nachtschicht arbeiten ist die Tagschicht sehr mau besetzt da es http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/Doha/blog-412322.html ... oder Richtfest auf Type 2 Part 1.Wie schon erwhnt gibt es 5 Types. Mein Type Type 2 ist in zwei Workfronten unterteilt. Workfront 1 und Workfront 2.Auf der Workfront 1 gibt es 20 Blcke. Neben 4 Landmarks gibt es noch 16 Blcke.Die Blcke sind normale Abschnitte mit einer Lnge von 30 bzw. 40 Metern. Diese gehen vom Basement ber Ground Floor Mezzanine Floor First Floor Second Floor zum http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/Doha/blog-412319.html