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QatarChic
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 Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 7:12 am Post subject: Are the Asian Games..... |
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...still going ahead? I look around the city each day and wonder how they're going to get everything done in time  Getting to and from work is going to be hell with all the traffic it'll generate  (as if things couldn't get any worse now) |
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Bindair Dundat
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| Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 4:18 pm Post subject: Re: Are the Asian Games..... |
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| QatarChic wrote: |
| ...still going ahead? I look around the city each day and wonder how they're going to get everything done in time Getting to and from work is going to be hell with all the traffic it'll generate (as if things couldn't get any worse now) |
Oh, yeah, things are lurching forward. Have you noticed those huge signboards on the corners of some of the streets on the route out to the stadium? It's like they're trying real hard to hide The Real Doha from prying eyes...
The last interesting rumor I heard was that Qatar had run out of asphalt. As rumors go, that's a good one.
The new, uncompleted airport has a special completed section set off from the rest for people the government wants to impress. Presumably, they will be easily impressed.
Getting a cab FROM the airport is now as much of a joy as getting a cab TO the airport. This can only get more entertaining. |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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How long will the games last? I think I would either leave the country or stock up with foodstuffs and lock myself in the flat with the net and a stack of good books until it was over. 
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QatarChic
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:55 am Post subject: |
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Yup seen those signboards everywhere- getting a car is IMPOSSIBLE Karwa are not taking any bookings from now until the end of the asian games
VS
They'll last two long weeks 
Wish we could lock ourselves away, but we have to go to work! |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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Oh yeah... work... I remember that... vaguely...
I understand that some places are closing up shop for the duration... rather a common sense idea.
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Bindair Dundat
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| Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 4:39 am Post subject: |
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| QatarChic wrote: |
| Wish we could lock ourselves away, but we have to go to work! |
Now, now. Keep in mind that this is all for the greater glory of the Al-Thani. After this is over, they'll be fondly remembered for -- oh, several weeks, at least. |
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QatarChic
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| Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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anyone been to any of the events yet? Traffic has been ok so far (well sort of) but getting a table at Moon Palace seems to be a problem nowadays  |
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dmb
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| Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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| I have to ask. What/where is Moon Palace? I can't beleive anywhere in Doha has a book-in-advance policy. |
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QatarChic
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| Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Moon palace is a Korean run restaurant (on Mergab street) which has both Japanese & Korean food on the menu. It's very popular and you can get sashimi (which is excellent) and sushi cheaper than in the hotels. Right now it's full of the Korean and Japanese teams- which means no tables or having to wait longer for us regular folk ...... |
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dmb
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| Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Qatarchic.
For my next holiday(read honeymoon) I'm thinking of returning to Doha. I still have lots of friends in Doha. My Mrs-to-be isn't convinced it is a good holiday desination.
Why should I come to Qatar for a holiday?
Discuss. |
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Bindair Dundat
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| Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 5:18 am Post subject: |
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| dmb wrote: |
Thanks Qatarchic.
For my next holiday(read honeymoon) I'm thinking of returning to Doha. I still have lots of friends in Doha. My Mrs-to-be isn't convinced it is a good holiday desination.
Why should I come to Qatar for a holiday?
Discuss. |
They recently fixed up parts of the old souk so they could shoot a TV commercial there. That's kind of nice. But hardly worth a trip to Doha.
You might want to take a ride down to the labor camps in the Industrial District to see some of the worst living conditions in the Middle East. There you might meet some of the workers who built the roads and buildings for the Asian Games, sleeping twelve or more to a room without air conditioning. |
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QatarChic
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| Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 6:59 am Post subject: |
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Qatar as a honeymoon destination?  That gave me a lot of laughs this morning!
I would say take her elsewhere like Oman- far more scenic and interesting....
BD Which commercial was that? |
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Gordon
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| Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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| dmb wrote: |
Thanks Qatarchic.
For my next holiday(read honeymoon) I'm thinking of returning to Doha. I still have lots of friends in Doha. My Mrs-to-be isn't convinced it is a good holiday desination.
Why should I come to Qatar for a holiday?
Discuss. |
First off, who goes somewhere on a honeymoon where they have friends? You should be busy doing other things. |
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dmb
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| Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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| you are absolutely correct Gordon. It wasn't one of my better suggestions and the idea has been shot down. |
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Gordon
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| Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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| dmb wrote: |
| you are absolutely correct Gordon. It wasn't one of my better suggestions and the idea has been shot down. |
She sounds like a keeper. |
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