As soon as I stepped out of the airport into the warm night air which enveloped me like a comforting blanket, saw ladies and gents in their traditional clothes, heard the mullah singing his prayers above the din of car horns and an American businessman thanking is stars he was only here for 2 days (always one isn't there lol) I KNEW I was home again.
Having spent a few years in the Middle East late 70s early 80s, (we then travelled/worked in other places - last port of call was 3 years in Hong Kong), I honestly wondered how I would feel about returning after so long.
I absolutely LOVE it here in Doha!
I can't put a finger on WHY I feel so comfortable here, I just know that even if I hadn't got to know a few people so quickly I would feel exactly the same.
Oh! and my own private little joke (to all you ladies who sometimes get annoyed about unwanted male attention) is that when we left Jeddah I vowed I would return to the Middle East when I was an old lady because I felt sure most women could be SURE of some male attention here, long after the Western males had lost interest ;o)
So far only one cat call from a worker who was on 4th storey of a new building - but it's a start, isn't it? woo hoo !!
As soon as I stepped out of the airport into the warm night air which enveloped me like a comforting blanket, saw ladies and gents in their traditional clothes, heard the mullah singing his prayers above the din of car horns and an American businessman thanking is stars he was only here for 2 days (always one isn't there lol) I KNEW I was home again.
Having spent a few years in the Middle East late 70s early 80s, (we then travelled/worked in other places - last port of call was 3 years in Hong Kong), I honestly wondered how I would feel about returning after so long.
I absolutely LOVE it here in Doha!
I can't put a finger on WHY I feel so comfortable here, I just know that even if I hadn't got to know a few people so quickly I would feel exactly the same.
Oh! and my own private little joke (to all you ladies who sometimes get annoyed about unwanted male attention) is that when we left Jeddah I vowed I would return to the Middle East when I was an old lady because I felt sure most women could be SURE of some male attention here, long after the Western males had lost interest ;o)
So far only one cat call from a worker who was on 4th storey of a new building - but it's a start, isn't it? woo hoo !!