What did you find difficult to get in Qatar?

envoy1
By envoy1

We all might have come across some items we found very hard to find in Qatar. Please share your experience and how you tackled it.

By sheikh_18• 7 Feb 2012 00:24
Rating: 5/5
sheikh_18

the worst place ever I have lived in!difficult to get cabs,meet new people,lack of entertainment,narrow mindsets and overall a dull and boring environment.so glad to be back to dubai.

By alfa Q• 1 Jan 2012 08:39
Rating: 5/5
alfa Q

and different servants for different errands like cleaner, washer, laundry man, barber, cobbler, trash collector, beggar for left over food etc. just to name a few.

By fazloon mohamed• 31 Dec 2011 12:45
fazloon mohamed

hohohoho........3:)

By gin_and_bitter_lemon• 31 Dec 2011 09:42
Rating: 5/5
gin_and_bitter_lemon

They have Les Pauls at the new mall near the Zigzag Buildings. At 51 East.

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By trrertreyt• 29 Dec 2011 14:23
Rating: 5/5
trrertreyt

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By Life Rockz• 27 Dec 2011 20:16
Rating: 5/5
Life Rockz

I love to make sav puri at home but we dont get to buy just puries...... And if we do get in Bombay Chaupaty, then its so costly tat its as equal to buying the whole sav puri from there !!!

By envoy1• 27 Dec 2011 19:59
Rating: 4/5
envoy1

Barwa is offering gud housing at very affordable rents Contact:8004444

By 009• 27 Dec 2011 13:17
Rating: 5/5
009

A job

By misbah85• 26 Dec 2011 15:48
Rating: 3/5
misbah85

I am civil engineer on father sponsorship valid upto dec 2012 i dont want 2 transfer tilll the date of expiry can any 1 help me out as most of the companies are asking 4 transfer.... :(

By FEDANZA• 26 Dec 2011 15:04
Rating: 5/5
FEDANZA

Visa for Family

To register your wife on your name

Hard to find business Hub or locations proper

many

many

many others

By britexpat• 26 Dec 2011 01:03
britexpat

You can't find Luscious Linda with the built in foot pump in Qatar :o(

By damselindistress• 26 Dec 2011 00:51
damselindistress

A starry night! Everytime i look up in the sky i only find one or couple of stars :( lol

By Joe Boshra• 25 Dec 2011 22:36
Rating: 5/5
Joe Boshra

A History.

By supeesh• 25 Dec 2011 18:57
Rating: 4/5
supeesh

there are many things...

if i point each and everything, i will be blocked..

and i dont want my account to b blocked...

By anonymous• 25 Dec 2011 14:06
anonymous

I miss my Kangaroo pets): and also hanging around in my birth suit with the aborigines!

By anne_gulf• 25 Dec 2011 13:41
Rating: 4/5
anne_gulf

fresh pork-- missing humba, adobong baboy.. lol

taxi/transpo -- cant go out anytime and anywhere i want to :(..cant enjoy weekends

friends..barely have

By anonymous• 25 Dec 2011 13:34
Rating: 4/5
anonymous

there must be daily rental of car here in Qatar so that single's can go outside anytime they want on weekends..

to hunt best offers in boutique and meet new friends

By anonymous• 25 Dec 2011 13:15
Rating: 5/5
anonymous

t_coffee_or_me yep! Same here,

Something like Bangkok or HongKong, where fried or grilled satay and such can be bought at a cheaper price to go.

Also not sure if there are Ice Cream vendors in Parks for kids, something like in Singapore,

By burnok• 25 Dec 2011 11:36
Rating: 4/5
burnok

les paul guitars

By t_coffee_or_me• 25 Dec 2011 10:48
Rating: 5/5
t_coffee_or_me

Street food vendors.

By Prism• 25 Dec 2011 10:44
Rating: 4/5
Prism

UkEngQatar.. only in name, nothing as it actually is supposed to be..:((

By Prism• 25 Dec 2011 10:38
Prism

tinkerbell10...:)

By GodFather.• 25 Dec 2011 10:36
GodFather.

Prims/Tinker..I thought all that stuff was available at Bombay Chowpatty?

By Prism• 25 Dec 2011 10:32
Rating: 4/5
Prism

tinkerbell10...I terribly miss UP ki pakode wali kadhi (a preparation made of the balls from gram flour soaked and floating in a mix of same gram flour & sour youghurt) and "rajasthan wale" (name of the shop of my city) ke samose (a preparation made of potatoes wrapped with the fine wheat flour dough in traingullar shape and deep fried, served with garlic and green coriander and chilli mix)...:)

P.S.: details in english are for the Mods...:)

By laplandsql• 25 Dec 2011 10:21
laplandsql

single sexy indian ladies ready to mingle...

By laplandsql• 25 Dec 2011 10:21
Rating: 2/5
laplandsql

single sexy indian ladies ready to mingle...

By kutch• 25 Dec 2011 09:56
Rating: 5/5
kutch

fresh pork

By Prism• 25 Dec 2011 09:48
Rating: 2/5
Prism

Decent North Indian food...:((

By Intelligent• 25 Dec 2011 09:39
Intelligent

bedouin's in the desert.

By thexonic• 25 Dec 2011 09:31
Rating: 5/5
thexonic

women lol. The worst population ratio 4 men to 1 woman in Qatar!

By ShabsUID• 25 Dec 2011 09:27
Rating: 4/5
ShabsUID

Genuine car driver for pick and drop.

By anonymous• 25 Dec 2011 09:26
Rating: 4/5
anonymous

snoopdan has got some valid points. As far as I am concerned there is scarcity of Beaches where we can sit and spend weekends. No good parks also to spend time with family and ofcourse there are lots of home made food items which I used to eat for breakfast and with evenening tea in my country.

By anonymous• 25 Dec 2011 09:03
Rating: 5/5
anonymous

LOW RENT HOUSE

By Khanan• 25 Dec 2011 08:54
Khanan

Are you sane ? :O)

By Captain_Lost• 25 Dec 2011 08:50
Rating: 2/5
Captain_Lost

Sane People :D

By flor1212• 25 Dec 2011 08:49
Rating: 5/5
flor1212

it's a Pinoy delicacy. Miss it here!

By Rachid• 25 Dec 2011 08:46
Rating: 2/5
Rachid

TELESCOPE !!!!!!!

By silence• 25 Dec 2011 08:46
Rating: 3/5
silence

I agree with Snoopdan and Indu123.

By anonymous• 25 Dec 2011 08:44
Rating: 5/5
anonymous

Well there are a couple of electronic items that arte not available here yet. Things get released here much later than when compared to back home.

I am pretty sure that you get most of the things that you do get in canada, but then I will let more knowledgeable ppl speak *_^

By anonymous• 25 Dec 2011 08:40
Rating: 5/5
anonymous

It is very hard to find qualified professionals in here. The reason is, they may have come here through agent who make fake certificates and shows the employee is qualified. Other way is, people bring their relatives who have no experiance in the job. So, I have faced lot of problems while dealing with people who are less qualified. If qatar government can implement a system to get qualified people, Qatar will be number one country in the world. Not all, most of employees.

By s_nair• 25 Dec 2011 08:40
Rating: 5/5
s_nair

NOC is the main thing I found most drastic is Qatar

By GodFather.• 25 Dec 2011 08:28
Rating: 5/5
GodFather.

I was promised this was the land of Camels, Shisha and Belly Dancers. The first two I saw plenty but the latter still yet to find!

By anonymous• 25 Dec 2011 08:04
Rating: 5/5
anonymous

no cows

By yusuf123• 25 Dec 2011 07:48
Rating: 5/5
yusuf123

decent nationals...no offence

By edifis• 25 Dec 2011 02:17
Rating: 5/5
edifis

strip show.

By britexpat• 24 Dec 2011 23:51
Rating: 5/5
britexpat

I coudn't find a cafe offering jelled eels and mushy pies washed down with cold cherry aide :0(

By anonymous• 24 Dec 2011 23:45
Rating: 5/5
anonymous

VISA

By snoopdan• 24 Dec 2011 23:28
Rating: 5/5
snoopdan

thread and needles - ended up getting family to ship it in

size 15 shoes - actually found some adidas at City Center. Probably the last time that will ever happen

Anything large in size to fit us taller/larger americans. I literally can't shop at Villagio or City Center for clothes, I just gave up. Every store seems to cater to the smaller asian people, which makes sense because thats the main population here anyways. Just sucks for the US expaits, we like to shop too you know!

Decent used car. They either have 1.7 billion miles on them or they're ragged out, or the owner wants a crazy price for the crappy disposable car (like a honda city for example).

Activites to get to know other people/races. I can never find anything to do to meet new people. I thought moving to this city would allow me to meet new people of all races but I have just ended up meeting my co-workers which id rather not know in my personal life anyways.

/rant.

By samee79• 24 Dec 2011 23:07
Rating: 5/5
samee79

VISA

By anonymous• 24 Dec 2011 22:48
Rating: 5/5
anonymous

geting a job is the hardest thing in Qatar

By FathimaH• 24 Dec 2011 22:26
Rating: 5/5
FathimaH

From food to cosmetics there were and still are loads of stuff that I used back in Sri Lanka that I couldn't find in Qatar.Some of which I was truly addicted to,but I just got used to living without them. Guess you can't have em all!

By Aneezr• 24 Dec 2011 22:05
Rating: 5/5
Aneezr

to bye a arabic typewriter

By anonymous• 24 Dec 2011 21:23
Rating: 5/5
anonymous

job

By nite_rider• 24 Dec 2011 20:50
Rating: 5/5
nite_rider

Santa Claus

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