well im still pretty new doha, just over a month since i landed so i will try my best to answer some of your questions...
car prices: huge difference in price compared to SA, they are cheaper over here. check out http://www.qatarliving.com/node/1940 for prices of new cars...
cant say i've come accross any diesel cars over here... price of petrol is realllllly cheap. can fill up a tank for about R110... (always a great experience to go and fill up :-p)
price of groceries, check out: http://www.qatarliving.com/node/1876 for prices in Doha, the exhange rate is currently at 1.86 rands for every riyal...
prices tend to vary compared to SA depending on product types, fruit & veg are a more expensive than SA... other things such as milk/bread are about the same... and certain items may be cheaper like meat etc.... bought some south african oranges the other day, was really good :-)
there are currently 2000 south africans in doha (so says the embassy), the city is not very big so you tend to bump into some south africans once in a while... you will hear the odd couple speaking afrikaans and you'll see a few cars with the SA flag stuck on the back window. i think there are some south african groups that meet up, they have a ladies coffee morning event and a few other things, havent attended anything yet so cant really tell you about that.
hope this helps... let me know if you need any other info...
well im still pretty new doha, just over a month since i landed so i will try my best to answer some of your questions...
car prices: huge difference in price compared to SA, they are cheaper over here. check out http://www.qatarliving.com/node/1940 for prices of new cars...
cant say i've come accross any diesel cars over here... price of petrol is realllllly cheap. can fill up a tank for about R110... (always a great experience to go and fill up :-p)
price of groceries, check out: http://www.qatarliving.com/node/1876 for prices in Doha, the exhange rate is currently at 1.86 rands for every riyal...
prices tend to vary compared to SA depending on product types, fruit & veg are a more expensive than SA... other things such as milk/bread are about the same... and certain items may be cheaper like meat etc.... bought some south african oranges the other day, was really good :-)
there are currently 2000 south africans in doha (so says the embassy), the city is not very big so you tend to bump into some south africans once in a while... you will hear the odd couple speaking afrikaans and you'll see a few cars with the SA flag stuck on the back window. i think there are some south african groups that meet up, they have a ladies coffee morning event and a few other things, havent attended anything yet so cant really tell you about that.
hope this helps... let me know if you need any other info...