moving to qatar
hello everyone,
I am new to chat rooms and from reading the forums will probably be asking much of many things I have been reading! My husband could possibly be accepting employment in Doha and I am needing a few questions answered by the local expat:-
1. I have a 15 yr old teenager boy. We live on the Gold Coast Australia and feel a little guilty bout taking him away from this fabulous environment to an unknown world. But would still love him to embrace the experience. Is there many expat boys his age there and is there much to do for him.
2. I am a fitness instructor and keen to work ie personal training, pilate classes.
3. my husband and I love to do triathlons and cycle, do any expats do this there.
Any other info would be much appreciated.
Cheers
HI! I will be coming over to Doha soon... and as much as possible I want to be fit so this cycling path is really nice thing to look forward to... Will there be bikes for rent? or we should have our own bikes?
I will soon be working for La Cigale.. will this be near in La Cigale???
tnx much!!!
Dee!
Make SURE you contact me if and when you start such a regular cycling group!
Amazing idea.
Cheers :) !
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Thanks for that info. What an amazing, exciting structure. If and when we arrive may be able to find a few more expat cyclist and start a regular group and possibly start up a triathlon squad if one does not already exists.
Hi Dee,
My kids are very young so I can't help with #1 but for #2 there are several fitness clubs here in Doha. A new one that just opened for women only is Sehati. Also, Aspire Sports Academy offers classes for women only as well. You could contact Gisela when you get here and she if she has a place for you. It's a nice program.
http://www.aspire.qa/topics/index.asp?level=31&temp_id=332&temp_type=42&parent=323
You should also check out expatwoman.com on the Qatar chatboard. Lots of moms with kids of all ages and tons of "mom" info. Best wishes.
Hey Dee,
Welcome to QL :)
I will start with #3:
- I don't know about Triathlons, but as for cycling, I can give you something to definately look forward if you're coming to Qatar, and that's the new 35 KM cooled cycling path, that is supposed to be ready by the fall of 2007.
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A cycling project which Qatars sovereign Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani has proposed to promote the health of his people. After all, a large proportion of the population suffers from problems brought on by prosperity: they do not get enough exercise, cardiovascular diseases are prevalent and children are obese. This is a prestigious project with Qatar as an example to the countries in similar conditions!
For people in Qatar cycling is not at all the obvious thing to do. This needs to be changed as the 30 kilometre cycle path - now designed - is to be completed within a year after the signing of the contract. An attendant problem is the fact that Qatars climate is intensely hot and humid. The project group therefore came up with the idea of cooling the entire cycle path using cold ground water.
The American consultancy firm the Rand Corporation has been leading in advising the Emir on the realisation of his goal of getting Qatars population to cycle. Velo Mondial played a major role in the realisation of the cycle path and proposed to involve the Dutch firm Goudappel Coffeng for the technical aspects. Another Dutch firm Akertech was involved in preparing the technical drawings.
You can also watch a thorough video presentation through following this link:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3326850694033482725
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