Thursday, February 28, 2013

Vancouver

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I’m here visiting family and friends. Weather has been grey and rainy, which shouldn’t surprise anyone who has been to Vancouver in the wi...
Monday, February 25, 2013

Canada continued . . .

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Leaving Calgary and heading to Vancouver, here's a parting picture of the prairies.
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Sunday, February 24, 2013

NHL Game

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My sister-in-law managed to get tickets to a Calgary Flames game so we went last night. I love hockey so it’s always great to be able to s...
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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Canada Vacation

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I've started my annual Canada vacation. My niece and nephew were thrilled to see me. My brother managed to take a photo of the damage:...
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Tuesday, February 05, 2013

Qatari Names

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All these years doing this blog I forgot to mention Arab names! In the Gulf the Arabs’ names are pretty straightforward. Unlike the Wes...
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Monday, January 28, 2013

Oryx

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I love science news (and I'm happy to admit I'm a bit of a geek). I always drift around science websites looking up the latest new...
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Friday, January 18, 2013

Critique of a Recent BBC News Article on Qatar

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Dohanews.co found a recent article by BBC News on Qatar , written by Jane Kinninmont, and is asking readers for their views. Looking thro...
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Saturday, January 12, 2013

Changes at Souq Waqif

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I love Souq Waqif, it’s my favourite place in Doha to hang out. While the majority of tourists also like it you'll hear occasionally ...
Sunday, January 06, 2013

The Qatar ExxonMobil 2013 Tennis Tournament

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So thanks to the generosity of a friend of mine I had a ticket to the finals of the Qatar ExxonMobil tennis tournament. I did see some of ...
Saturday, January 05, 2013

Tourism in Northern Qatar

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I saw an interesting article in the papers today about doing some tourism development in the northern part of the country, near the town o...
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Monday, December 31, 2012

Reflections on 2012

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So another year has come and gone. Let's look back at my 2012: Roman aqueduct in Segovia, Spain Taking a dip in the Aegean, nea...
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Friday, December 28, 2012

Xmas 2012

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Just a brief update about my Christmas here in Doha. As you know here in Qatar Christmas is not a public holiday so most people do not get...
Friday, December 21, 2012

December 21, 2012

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So to (mostly) no one's surprise the world did not end today. Why in the world people would believe that an old Mayan calendar turning...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

The 12 days of (Qatar) Christmas

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It’s 12 days until Christmas!! Sing it with me now... ♫♪ On the 12th day of Christmas my good friend showed to me . . . ♫♪ ♫♪ T...