Hi Orlah! Glad to hear that u're thinking of coming to Qatar! As to your questions - there's plenty to do over here in the evenings. it's a lot less crazy than london is in terms of clubbing, but u'll certainly find things to do. Unfortunately Qatar works on the "spreading things by word of mouth" way, so you might not find things to do initially - all you need to do is keep u;re ears perked up.. There are several amateur dramatics societies and music groups aroudn if u're into that kinda thing (I hear there's also an irish dancing group...)
There are also plenty of singles here (like me! :-P) so you won't feel left out at all - whilst it's great place becuase it's much safer here than elsewhere (I lived in England several years, and here u can at least worry much less about getting mugged or maimed), there are a lot of singles out and about so it's good...Just pick ur places or u'll find lots of bachelors staring at you :-S
One final piece of advice - try and get a driving licence and car asap - Karwa is TERRIBLE (and that's putting it politely)...If u use public transport (don't use buses as predominantly men seem to use that, might make u feel uncomfortable) then it becomes a bit of a saga trying to negotiate getting a taxi and going out bla bla bla....there are several private taxi firms (Fox is pretty good, always come on time too), so if u can possibly help it DON'T USE KARWA (they seem to have trouble controlling their drivers, who've ended up crashing, thieving bla bla bla)...
right now i've carped on more than enough but hope that helps!
Hi Orlah! Glad to hear that u're thinking of coming to Qatar! As to your questions - there's plenty to do over here in the evenings. it's a lot less crazy than london is in terms of clubbing, but u'll certainly find things to do. Unfortunately Qatar works on the "spreading things by word of mouth" way, so you might not find things to do initially - all you need to do is keep u;re ears perked up.. There are several amateur dramatics societies and music groups aroudn if u're into that kinda thing (I hear there's also an irish dancing group...)
There are also plenty of singles here (like me! :-P) so you won't feel left out at all - whilst it's great place becuase it's much safer here than elsewhere (I lived in England several years, and here u can at least worry much less about getting mugged or maimed), there are a lot of singles out and about so it's good...Just pick ur places or u'll find lots of bachelors staring at you :-S
One final piece of advice - try and get a driving licence and car asap - Karwa is TERRIBLE (and that's putting it politely)...If u use public transport (don't use buses as predominantly men seem to use that, might make u feel uncomfortable) then it becomes a bit of a saga trying to negotiate getting a taxi and going out bla bla bla....there are several private taxi firms (Fox is pretty good, always come on time too), so if u can possibly help it DON'T USE KARWA (they seem to have trouble controlling their drivers, who've ended up crashing, thieving bla bla bla)...
right now i've carped on more than enough but hope that helps!