Living in Lego Land in Qatar
I live in Lego Land in the Land of Sand. Or to be more precise, my new-found home is in a compound in Qatar. Compounds in...
A year of here – 10 Qatar takeouts
This month is my Qatarversary - the first year of living in Doha, Qatar, in the Middle East, after moving from South Africa...
Christmas in Qatar
Christmas is a regular working day in the Middle East. The shops are open, business is ongoing, and heavy traffic continues...
Camel (and car) racing in Qatar
Sleek dromedaries pounding their way around a fenced and graded sandtrack, urged on by robotic jockeys and a cavalcade of...
World Cup gets ahead with head gear
The smiling police officer stopped the H. “Let me help you, Sir.” And he did. He fixed my bemused hubby’s Arabic headgear,...
What to see and do in Qatar?
Let’s go or linadhhab, as they say in Arabic, and make the most of our limited time and finances to see and do what we can...