How long have you been in Qatar?

RyanCanuck
By RyanCanuck

The wife and I: less than 48 hours

And you?

By mimiloves2sing• 4 Oct 2012 16:58
Rating: 4/5
mimiloves2sing

much to Long.

welcome to Qatar, hoping life here is better for you and your wife

then it has been so far for me.

Good bye QL

By mimiloves2sing• 25 Sep 2012 22:01
mimiloves2sing

Good night. Take care. Glad to help.

By RyanCanuck• 25 Sep 2012 21:58
RyanCanuck

^Sweet. Thanks!

By mimiloves2sing• 25 Sep 2012 21:18
Rating: 4/5
mimiloves2sing

Try beverly hills, or alfradan gardens, rivara complex, they are wow!!!!

Glad you are getting use to the crazy roundabouts....lol it will be about 20 years before all the round abouts have organization with traffic lights lol. Good luck.

Go see katara it is the name given to the cultural village in Qatar, it is located between Doha's West Bay and the pearl. There is a nice islamic art museum that is not about muslims, its about art. Or for fun in the water Qatar now has a aqua park.

Cheers,

By ghazalz• 25 Sep 2012 19:16
ghazalz

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By RyanCanuck• 25 Sep 2012 18:57
RyanCanuck

Yeah, been driving around all day. I hate roundabouts lol. Drove by the QDC (that wasn't the plan, but ironically the first place we saw), then walked around Villagio, then drove past Education City, and a few other places. We might drive around the Bay tomorrow. I'm trying to organize some work, etc, so everything is kind of touch and go.

What else is worth seeing? What are the really nice living complexes here? We drove past Beverly Hills Gardens, which looked really nice.

By mimiloves2sing• 25 Sep 2012 18:46
mimiloves2sing

Did you get losted here in Qatar....???

Or are you still trying to figure out how to use the phone? Lol

Hope things are getting settled for you and your wife.

Cheers

By aiwa6• 24 Sep 2012 16:16
aiwa6

How's the jet lag now Ryan?

palmer and Captain, lost in translation?

Sigh, where now Captain... Bermuda Triangle? Chopper?

By aiwa6• 24 Sep 2012 16:16
aiwa6

*Wailing*

Oh cruel cruell worlldd!!

diving straight for the Bermuda triangle.

Goodbyee cruel world!

By Captain_Lost• 24 Sep 2012 15:59
Captain_Lost

Oh, damn THOSE ear rings.. i sold them a long time ago and bought one Bebsi 1.5L :(

By aiwa6• 24 Sep 2012 15:54
aiwa6

err, did u steal my gold earrings many years ago? they are my lost treasure. If u have them, imma on my broom right away.

Up, up and awwwaayyyyy. click click.

By Captain_Lost• 24 Sep 2012 15:46
Captain_Lost

Rizks.. bee-hive.. :P

Aiwa.. I don't know, come find me and make me yours.. im your lost treasure..hehe (Cheesy i know) :P

By shmashoom• 24 Sep 2012 15:27
shmashoom

Welcome Ryan, have a nice stay with ur wife, and enjoy getting lost ;) thats what i like when going to a new country, plus to surfing through google maps all the time especially when trying to go to a specific destination. I am here for 1 month now, but been here frequently, so not my first.

By Rizks• 24 Sep 2012 14:09
Rizks

then Get LOST ! :)

By Captain_Lost• 24 Sep 2012 14:07
Captain_Lost

I am LOST :(

By RyanCanuck• 24 Sep 2012 12:23
RyanCanuck

Thanks, Ms. Hala. My wife is from China. I'm Canadian. Hoping to see California as well someday. ;)

By anonymous• 24 Sep 2012 12:18
anonymous

Welcome to Qatar! Where do you and your wife brace us with your presence from?

Moved from California to Doha July 1st... so far so good :)

By RyanCanuck• 24 Sep 2012 12:14
RyanCanuck

Thanks, Iawa. "All roads lead to the corniche", right? ;)

By palmer• 24 Sep 2012 10:35
palmer

Im lost

By lawa• 24 Sep 2012 10:31
Rating: 5/5
lawa

you and your wife are planing on getting lost around the city.Man one of best thing in this country is that go anywhere in this country you will be back on Cornish Road since i opened my eyes in this world i saw it and never lost

By Pink hippo17• 24 Sep 2012 10:28
Rating: 3/5
Pink hippo17

Been here a year already..Enjoy your stay!

By osamabawab• 24 Sep 2012 10:25
osamabawab

oh I forgot to say welcome man, enjoy ur time and my first advice to u: DON'T take any loans and NEVER use credit cards

By osamabawab• 24 Sep 2012 10:22
osamabawab

8 hard years trying to remove the damn minus from my account balance but still can't.

By RyanCanuck• 24 Sep 2012 08:54
RyanCanuck

Thank you for the warm welcome, everybody. It's been a great first few days (aside from the fact we can't get to sleep until 3 am). Sounds like most people love living here, which is reassuring. ;)

I'm off to rent a car today (will review our other thread). Then my wife and I are planing on getting lost around the city. Always a good way to get to know a place. :D

By smoke• 24 Sep 2012 08:54
smoke

brit not only short he was born bald..sadly neither height or hair grew :(

By britexpat• 24 Sep 2012 08:51
britexpat

You were born short ? But all babies are small ..

By Captain_Lost• 24 Sep 2012 08:42
Captain_Lost

I'm still on my way.. will be arriving doha in

3

2

1

By just1s• 24 Sep 2012 08:35
Rating: 4/5
just1s

You finally arrived here.

Welcome buddy.

By fea_sad• 24 Sep 2012 08:35
Rating: 3/5
fea_sad

5 years for me .. Alhamdulliah

By LoveCanada• 24 Sep 2012 08:15
LoveCanada

Welcome aboard man!

By FathimaH• 24 Sep 2012 07:59
Rating: 5/5
FathimaH

I've been here 5 years now... 5 mostly wonderful years I must add, AlHamdulillah! Hope you and your wife wil find great happiness and success here. For most people the first few months take some getting used to, but thereafter, once all the homesick pangs wear off, the going gets easier. All the best!

By DaRuDe• 24 Sep 2012 07:51
Rating: 4/5
DaRuDe

one month

By smoke• 24 Sep 2012 07:39
Rating: 3/5
smoke

Ahh you kids...i feel so old..ancient almost...I'm the Yoda of Qatar. Enjoy your stay here you must!

By lost-in-qatar• 24 Sep 2012 07:32
Rating: 5/5
lost-in-qatar

A loooong month and a half....yeah Montreal Canadian fan!

By Rizks• 24 Sep 2012 07:27
Rizks

the day when i came to this World is the day when i came to this country...in short, I am born here.....:)

Morning Beople.

By Khanan• 24 Sep 2012 07:24
Rating: 5/5
Khanan

and counting....

Welcome to Qatar and have pleasent stay!

By unseen505• 24 Sep 2012 07:24
unseen505

I came here when i was 2 yrS oLd. I kinda spent my whole life here and when i used to go back to my country it dosent feel like home but qatar does,and now its feels like my home is on fire and i need to find a way out...Hope you have a good stay Mr. Ryan

By Talhaamir• 24 Sep 2012 07:07
Rating: 4/5
Talhaamir

Welcome to Qatar...

I hope you will enjoy your stay & work...

Cheers!

By lawa• 24 Sep 2012 06:11
lawa

Welcome budy and i am living in this country since by birth ...........

By artmk1• 24 Sep 2012 06:10
artmk1

I was born here.

:P

By RyanCanuck• 24 Sep 2012 05:25
RyanCanuck

Alexam, I think you're probably the winner when it comes to time! You must really love it here. Thanks for the welcome.

Artmk1 thank you. How much time have you clocked?

By alexam• 24 Sep 2012 04:23
Rating: 5/5
alexam

Twenty years and six months to be exact. Welcome brother. I hope you'll break my record.

By artmk1• 24 Sep 2012 04:14
Rating: 4/5
artmk1

Welcome to Qatar.

Hope You a Pleasant stay here.

:)

By mimiloves2sing• 24 Sep 2012 02:19
mimiloves2sing

lol Ryan, we beter make a forum topic on how to use the phone ;p

By RyanCanuck• 24 Sep 2012 02:12
RyanCanuck

^haha, well I hope yours gets better. Thanks for the text, btw. I will shoot one back to you as soon as I figure out how to use this phone. ;)

By RyanCanuck• 24 Sep 2012 02:11
RyanCanuck

Ah, that's right. Cartoons don't sleep.

Thanks for the vote of confidence. Yeah, I feel so excited about being here. Should be a great experience! The wife already likes it 1000 times better than my little town in Canada.

By aiwa6• 24 Sep 2012 02:08
Rating: 4/5
aiwa6

I'm a cartoon, remember :)

I sleep late sometimes... no other excuse.

Plus I had a 4 hour nap in the evening :)

Am sure you'll be pretty good after 6 months; you have landed at the start of the good season.

By RyanCanuck• 24 Sep 2012 02:01
RyanCanuck

I have an excuse for not sleeping at 2 in the morning: jet lag

What's your excuse?

By RyanCanuck• 24 Sep 2012 02:01
Rating: 2/5
RyanCanuck

^Thank you for your warm welcome, aiwa. Hope we're 'pretty good' after 6 months, too! ;)

By aiwa6• 24 Sep 2012 01:56
Rating: 5/5
aiwa6

Wow, welcome to Qatar! You're already popular on QL :)

Hope you have a pleasant stay here. I've been here for about half a year. And it's been pretty good.

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