Sunday, November 29, 2015

Update on Katara

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Summer is over so it’s nice to be able to explore around and see what’s changed over the last five months. I was meeting some friends for l...
Thursday, November 26, 2015

Time to go to Souq Waqif

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Thanks to the recent rainstorm the weather is great, in the mid-20s and the dust has been washed out of the air. So hopefully everyone in D...
Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Rain!

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So I woke up this morning to near-darkness. No sunlight peeking from the curtains, it was very dark. That meant it was either heavy clouds o...
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Friday, November 20, 2015

Mobile Phone Charging Stations

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Was walking along the Corniche last night to find that someone installed free charging stations for mobiles. I wonder when this happened?...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Turkey Travel and Politics

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So during the time I was in Turkey they were having a hotly-contested election, and the country was on-edge from a recent bomb attack at a ...
Saturday, November 14, 2015

Football -- Qatar vs Turkey

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I was going to post about my recent trip to Turkey but something else Turkish came up, a friendly match between Qatar and Turkey. Turkish f...
Sunday, November 08, 2015

Back from Vacation

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Sorry that I haven't been posting but I just got back from a 2+ week vacation. Managed to make it through the day even though my plane d...
Monday, October 19, 2015

Al Sadd and Xavi

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So I went to my first Al Sadd football match the other day. I was a bit to finally get a chance to see Al Sadd's latest star player, Spa...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Boxing World Championships

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So some friends and I went to the AIBA Boxing Championships, held at the new arena near Al-Sadd Sports Club. Nicely set up, plenty of r...
Friday, October 09, 2015

World Cup 2018 Qualifying – Qatar vs China

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Last night was a World Cup qualifying match between Qatar and China, held at the (thankfully air-conditioned) Al Sadd Stadium. While the st...