Camel races

Doha experience

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February 17th 2007
My trip has started!!! As per normal, the last days were mad, and particularly leaving work happened in quite a rush. Goodbyes with all my lovely friends and colleagues were quite hard must say - you really made me feel special during those last London days. I arrived in Doha, Qatar, at 6 yesterday morning. My friend Pia lives here so I'm staying here for a couple of days with her. I took a ta ... read more

Middle East » Qatar » Doha

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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