Yes you are correct - and here is a pic of that Bitumen track, plus a tarmac road which I think was Umm Said to Doha. Also included is a pic of the Clock Tower that had just been built the last time I was there. I bet the harbour line is more crowded now. Sorry about the quality of the pics as they are frames clipped from an old 8mm cine film.

Are there any sites around that show pictures of what Doha and the other major towns look like now? I have not been able to find anything other than the 'tourist' sites showing hotels and other tourist areas.

Thanks for you help

Mick

OOps - didn' manage to attach the pics to this post - they now appear as individual posts - which wasn't what I intended.