Northern Qatar

This was an old mosque outside of Al-Khor city...the inside pulpit and the minaret...





This is a wall from an old deserted Qatari village where the original homes were made of limestone and mud mortar - you can see the stacking pattern



Al Zubara Fort

Qatar Villagio Mall

For everyone back home wondering what the inside of a mall looks like in the Middle East. I took a few pictures inside the new Villagio Mall in Doha, Qatar. The mall looks like that mall at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas or an Atlantic City knock-off. There is a waterway inside the mall and you can take a ride on a gondola like in Venice. Obviously, not all the malls here are fashioned after Venice or Caesars Palace, but they are very nice and filled with designer stores from all over Europe and the US, as well as, stores with the latest designer abayah fashions and designer dishdasha fabrics. You may also notice in the photo the wide range of dress and appearance - not everyone here wears an abayah or dishdasha. Although, I was told that they do call the dishdasha a thawb in Qatar. Enjoy...

Qatar Camel Racetrack

Practice time...





Robotic Jockeys...



A mother camel with her baby...

Qatar Equestrian Racetrack

Souq Waqef

Souq Waqef was a mixture of old and new with traditional shops, art galleries, and outside dining

Museum of Islamic Art - Doha, Qatar

Designed by I.M. Pei

Qatar

Some pictures from Qatar

Me with the Skyline behind me...



Me on a camel again...



I will update more after I finish my next paper...school work first...

Back from Qatar

Pictures to come soon...but I am back in Kuwait...

Off to QATAR

I am headed off to Qatar for 4 days...I will post photos when I get back...

Snow for New Years!!!

I spent New Years in the Blue Ridge Mountains...



at the Coffee Pot Lodge...



Snow Tubing!!!

Happy New Year!!!

I had a wonderful holiday back home in the States.

Back in Kuwait for now...

I head off to Qatar on Wednesday...