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| The Vorpal Bunny flew down to Qatar in the cockpit of a C-17. (190kb) | In Doha, the King of Qatar
greets you from the side of a building. (116kb)
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A traditional "Dhow" fishing
boat. (182kb) |
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| The renowned arch of swords identifying the "State of Qatar" (225kb) | the right side... (200kb)
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and the left... (182kb) |
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| Looking across the bay, from one part of Doha to the other. (220kb) | The Vorpal bunny wanted to
look... (133kb)
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A view of the national mosque from out on the strand. (144kb) |
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| A closer shot of the national
mosque. (143kb) |
The presidential palace.
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The back entrance to the presidential palace. (164kb) |
On one of the days, I was able to go on a "cultural tour" of Doha. |
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| We started at the camel market.
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I don't think the Vorpal Bunny
like it very much. (237kb)
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Some of the herders were cleaning their animals. (257kb) |
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| Others were bringing them in, in the back of their pickup trucks. (210kb) | And then unloading them... (190kb) |
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| From the camel market, we moved on to the other markets... | ||
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| Starting with the fish market. Check out those barracudas... (216kb) | All kinds of fish everywhere.
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The outside of the fruit and vegetable market. (203kb) |
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| Some ladies putting on their burkhas before going into the market. (237kb) | The Vorpal Bunny checking out
the market. (234kb)
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A neat store we went shopping
in. (194kb) |
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| Next was a market with fish
jerky, shark jerky, and all kinds of plants, pots, and other outdoor stuff.
Here is a fish, opened up and made into jerky. (304kb)
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The Vorpal Bunny checking out
the bags of fish jerky. (262kb) |
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| Next was the old "souqs", or the old market. Except the "man dresses" and the black burkhas, It looked a lot like old town Santa Fe. |
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| The entrance to the market. (210kb) |
Walking the market streets. (251kb) |
Qatari locals, out shopping. (215kb) |
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| Not all the streets of the
market are out in the sunshine. (266kb) |
The Vorpal Bunny found a model
of a Qatar "Dhow" boat. (233kb) |
The Vorpal Bunny and me,
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| The Vorpal Bunny found a kitty
cat walking the streets of the market. (171kb)
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There was a falconry center...
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... which the Vorpal Bunny had to
check out. (250kb) |
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| Another shot of Qatar locals,
haggling over prices. (312kb) |
Men and women out in their
native dress. (219kb) |
One of the many mosques in the
area. (160kb) |
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| The Vorpal Bunny had to check
out the jewelry, especially the pearls. (295kb) |
He wasn't sure these pearls were
high enough quality. You can tell by the look on his face that these were freshwater pearls... (278kb) |
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| To a restaurant for lunch. (263kb) |
The nice spread they had laid
out. (236kb) |
The Vorpal bunny ready to share
his lunch with me. (262kb)
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| A drive around town showed us some of the various local sites, |
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| The first stop was at a local
hooka-pipe shop... (274kb) |
... so some of the guys could
try spiced tobacco and a water pipe. (274kb)
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Big perfume bottles in the
middle of a roundabout. (151kb) |
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| The "Corniche" monument to clams
and their pearls. (199kb) |
The Vorpal Bunny at the corniche.
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Both of us. (247kb) |
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| The Arabian Coffee Pot (232kb) |
The Marriott Hotel (155kb) |
The Vorpal Bunny and me at the
pool. (275kb) |
| Our last stop was a big 4-storey shopping mall.
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| A neat looking high rise
building across the street from the mall. (278kb) |
The view over the ice rink. (274kb) |
The Vorpal Bunny watching a
hockey game at the mall. (241kb)
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| The mall had a neat waterfall/foutain
with a walk-over bridge. (318kb) |
The Vorpal Bunny and me on the
bridge. (261kb) |
The Vorpal Bunny thought the
waterfall was pretty cool. (251kb)
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| Some different shots with the waterfall. | ||
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| At last it was time to eat some
dinner. (250kb) |
The Vorpal Bunny had to protect
me from the guys in man-dresses in the background. (230kb)
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