Driving Around The Country (Or Half Of It)

As anyone can see, Qatar is not a very big country (but bigger than Bahrain!). So when a friend suggested we drive the whole circumference of the country in one day, it seemed like a fairly easy task.

We set out in the morning with all intents of going the whole way around. We quickly learned that, although we definitely could have made it timewise, it would not have left much time for exploration. So, we quickly decided to do half the country one day and go back and complete the rest another time. Read More...

Disclaimer: As I am clearly not a professional photographer, I am still learning. So, as you will notice, it did not occur to me to clean my lens before this adventure. So, sorry about the dirt that you might see at the top of these horrendous photos, it's clearly amateur hour over here!

Meanwhile in Qatar...

As much as I would like to say I have been jetting around and living the high life here in the wealthiest country in the world, the truth is not that exciting. My job starts at 7 in the morning. I wake up at 5 o'clock (before the sun but after the first call to prayer) and try to be in bed by 8 o'clock at night. I run around with 20 five years olds and when I get home around 4 I lay on my couch and catch up on my reading and tv shows. Glamorous! And not that much different than what I would doing in California...

I have been slowly learning about my new city. Although I have been busy with work, I have made time to go out with my new friends. So get ready for a photo dump as nothing I have done has really been worth making a whole post about. Read More...