My first 5 days in Qatar

I have been working here for 5 days now and this project is the biggest plant of its type in the world, the scale of it is staggering, there are 40,000 workers on the plants here mostly Indian construction guys. I am just babysitting a fully commissioned unit and just keeping it running when the plant runs and not much else, I have spoken to the engineers here about getting a proper job with them and they have given me the names and addresses of the right people and I hope to speak to them in the new year. I think that Doha will be a good place to work and live and it is pretty cheap for buying stuff, electronic and cars and other essential toys. I went round doing some "toy" shopping and the prices are half as the indian shops really only sell to the poor indian construction guys, when i was walking round i was amazed that the indian guys gather at night to chat and get cold in the wind, but in number you would only find gathering at a football match, thousands of them in the poor area of town where they all live, all dresses in crazy combinations with things wrapped around their heads to keep out the wind. I went for a meal in a local indian restaurant there and the waiter was shocked to find a white guy wanting to eat there, staring in disbelief. I asked a few questions and was told to order the meat masala, why i dont know but i agreed, and then i ordered the tandoori bread, it was fantastic , and the best part of it was the price. 3 dollars. one thing i have noticed is you never see any women here ever, only the few philipino workers in the hotels. you see the local qataris driving their big 4X4's but never any women. when i flew from Dammam in Saudi to Doha, a load of local women got on the plane and they were all wearing the full head to toe black gown and full face mask, i found it very strange,
so Qatar is nothing but work and cheap toys, what else does life hold for anyone other than making money to play with toys anyway.