12DEC07. Wednesday. Signed up for the only venue open today. The Cultural Tour; now renamed to the City Tour. Visited two Malls the Central City Mall and the Velachio. It was a little taste of home....just with burkas. Also stopped by the "old" and "gold" Soukes (read markets) and did lunch at an Iranian Restaurant. The amazing part of the trip is to understand how many folks here are atually from Qatar. Not too many. The remainder (myslef included) are impoprted from other countries under contract. In just about every service capacity there is someone from another country running the place. Case in point. Out Tour Service is manned by a guy from Pakistan driving the Bus, a guy from Sri Lanka as the Tour Guide, and the Iranian guy running the restaurant. The folks at the Malls were from the Phillipines. What a cultural smorgesborg. Qatar is hoping to be the host of the 2016 Olympic Games, so a lot of construction is underway. And, I mean a lot. I've included a few pictures to share as the typical american tourist. Doug
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