>> Photo: Doha City Skyline at Sunset.
Photo: One of my favorite buildings in Doha! No clue what it is; it just looks nice - and golden!!My first visit to Qatar! I flew on Qatar Airways non-stop from Houston Wednesday evening and after 13 hours and 38 minutes of flying, I arrived into Doha Thursday evening (9 hours ahead of US Central time). Since I was in Business Class, I managed to get onto the "Fast Track" through immigration and visa issuance where the line was "only"' 30 minutes. The line for immigration for economy class passengers, however, was humongous!! With my visa in hand, I fetched my suitcase, located my driver, and I was off to the hotel (for a 25 minute ride).
I checked into the Intercontinental Doha Hotel and crashed into bed! Enough travel --- now it's time for rest!
Today - Friday - will be a day of rest for me. Since I cannot sleep on long haul flights [as I have explained many times in prior postings] I am virtually a 'basket case' after an overnight flight and I need a day at least to recover from the severe effects of both sleeplessness and jet lag. Hence today's agenda has me going to the mall in the afternoon where I plan on doing the Starbucks thing, followed by some window shopping, etc., and then return to the hotel. Tomorrow I plan on taking a city tour to orient myself with the city of Doha. FYI: there are about 1.4 million residents in Qatar of which reportedly there are about 425,000 Qatari nationals and the remainder are expatriates.
Anyway, some photographic evidence to introduce my followers to Qatar. Hopefully, more pictures shall follow.
My hotel here in Doha ....
Some most unusal looking buildings in the distance. I shall try to get to a better vantage point from which to photograph these buildings close up and post that picture here later ....
A new, fancy, upscale hotel under construciton right in front of the Intercontinental Hotel (the driver said this would be a Ritz Carlton).
Samples of Qatari currency .... I believe you will agree the notes are quite colorful! (Approximately 3.64 Qatari Riyals equals $1.00 USD.)
I checked into the Intercontinental Doha Hotel and crashed into bed! Enough travel --- now it's time for rest!
Today - Friday - will be a day of rest for me. Since I cannot sleep on long haul flights [as I have explained many times in prior postings] I am virtually a 'basket case' after an overnight flight and I need a day at least to recover from the severe effects of both sleeplessness and jet lag. Hence today's agenda has me going to the mall in the afternoon where I plan on doing the Starbucks thing, followed by some window shopping, etc., and then return to the hotel. Tomorrow I plan on taking a city tour to orient myself with the city of Doha. FYI: there are about 1.4 million residents in Qatar of which reportedly there are about 425,000 Qatari nationals and the remainder are expatriates.
Anyway, some photographic evidence to introduce my followers to Qatar. Hopefully, more pictures shall follow.
My hotel here in Doha ....
Some most unusal looking buildings in the distance. I shall try to get to a better vantage point from which to photograph these buildings close up and post that picture here later ....
A new, fancy, upscale hotel under construciton right in front of the Intercontinental Hotel (the driver said this would be a Ritz Carlton).
Samples of Qatari currency .... I believe you will agree the notes are quite colorful! (Approximately 3.64 Qatari Riyals equals $1.00 USD.)
4 comments:
Oh man, this is definately on my list of my places to visit. Looks fascinating. How do you compare it to other countries in that area such as Dubai or Egypt?
And to answer your question left on my latest post: I shoot with a canon 5D Mark II, and the lens you see is a Canon 70-200 4.0 L Series.
Safe travels! Keep us posted!
Hey, I live in Qatar and always love to see new people talking about this country. Hope you enjoy your stay. Don't forget to visit Souk Wakif.
I want to visit now...looks wonderful and there is so much to explore. Totally different than what the U.S. looks like.
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