I was visiting Doha last week. although I'm back home now, I'm planning on moving there in January. When I was there I took a taxi (which took forever to find) from Villagio to the corniche to check it out and do the tourist thing. Little did I know that after several hours of walking in the sun I would be essentially TRAPPED there! I am starting to suspect that there are about 4 taxis in all of Doha - and they don't ever go to the Corniche. The walk crossings are way too far apart - and when I finally got to one it dumped me off into a family only park that I couldn't enter. I ended up having to walk on a 1 foot wide pavement down the highway as I made my way to the nearest hotel I could see (Rydges) with the thought I could find a taxi there. People were staring at me the whole time as if I was a social deviant. I was wearing long sleeves and long pants but that didn't seem to matter.
Lesson learned: I'll be buying a car when I get to Doha. This city is NOT for walking.
Hi,
I was visiting Doha last week. although I'm back home now, I'm planning on moving there in January. When I was there I took a taxi (which took forever to find) from Villagio to the corniche to check it out and do the tourist thing. Little did I know that after several hours of walking in the sun I would be essentially TRAPPED there! I am starting to suspect that there are about 4 taxis in all of Doha - and they don't ever go to the Corniche. The walk crossings are way too far apart - and when I finally got to one it dumped me off into a family only park that I couldn't enter. I ended up having to walk on a 1 foot wide pavement down the highway as I made my way to the nearest hotel I could see (Rydges) with the thought I could find a taxi there. People were staring at me the whole time as if I was a social deviant. I was wearing long sleeves and long pants but that didn't seem to matter.
Lesson learned: I'll be buying a car when I get to Doha. This city is NOT for walking.