Initial Impressions of Qatar

Well i am again very surprised with what i have found, nothing ever fits your preconceived ideas. the city of Doha is all very new, i have been told that 10 years ago there was nothing at all here other than 3 Indian supermarkets. so this town is really new. This is the middle east and it is hot isn't it????, wrong, this is winter and the wind is blowing from Sakhalin so it feels , it is cold and windy and miserable, i wanted heat for Gawds sake, I didnt even bring a sweater or a jacket, i have been walking around freezing my ass off. so i had no idea about what the countryside was like, now i know, it is totally flat and just sand, nothing but flat sand from coast to coast, virtually no green matter a few trees and a few palm trees in the city. this is a non countryside, totally lacking in any features.






Again as the desert it would be dry wouldnt it, wrong, they tell me it has been raining all December and there were pools around the airport and all the cars were mud splattered, what a shock for me. the rain and the cold and the wind, Jeez this is a miserable place in winter, only 1 step away from Sakhalin.