Doha skyline from the Corniche, Doha, Qatar, with the Museum of Islamic Art on the right
Whoa! What happened to Qatar? Why the sudden isolation? Must be something pretty serious to get its Gulf Arab brothers to completely cut ties with it!
But I’m gonna keep my mouth shut on this one (UAE has warned that Qatar sympathisers will face fines of, get ready for this, …not less than half a friggin million dirhams and jail time!)
Sigh, no more Qatar stopovers I guess. One less ‘good’ airlines to fly. Qatar Airways somehow always comes up among the cheapest full-fledged airlines to fly out of Dubai, so that’s a let-down. Another thing I’m gonna miss is Al Jazeera, the international news network based in Qatar. It’s my favourite news channel, coz I find it less biased than its western counterpart, and there’re just less ads and junk around so that I can read only the news that matters. But what the heck, life goes on. Hope they patch up soon.
Meanwhile, here’re some photos of our recent stopover in Doha (late March this year). I’m glad I made the stopover. Even more so now that this mess has come about!
A meet-up with an old friend from our Mizoram days (and Emirates Road Project days), Andrew, in Doha's Souq Waqif. With him are his wife, son Garrett and sister-in-law
Souq Waqif, Doha, Qatar
Jayden & Papa, Souq Waqif
More views of Souq Waqif, Doha, Qatar
Al Fanar, the Qatar Islamic Cultural Centre, Doha’s mini Burj Khalifa, near the Corniche
The Corniche, Doha – I call this the Nepali Beach – On the Friday afternoon that we were there, there was a line of dhows docked along the corniche filled with loud music and Nepali revellers dancing! Groovy, but weird
The Pearl Monument, Doha, Qatar
Doha’s swanky new airport, the Hamad International Airport – pretty nice place to hang out, definitely a far cry from the congested old airport which we’ve transited before
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