First a stopover, just 30 hours to see Doha. Our plane from London is full of Formula One teams - Aston Martin, Alpine, McLaren and Williams. It is the Qatar Grand Prix next weekend and all the talk on the plane is of temperatures. We land in the early evening, the temperature is 35c but it will drop to around 30c overnight, only to rise again to 40c tomorrow. And this isn't summer, it's October! The next day we're out early to beat the heat and visit the corniche where traditional wooden dhows bob about at the water's edge. Across the bay, the skyscrapers in the central business district reflect the morning sun - it could be New York or Hong Kong, an international high-rise cityscape. After a short walk we head into the souk, which
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