This time it’s from Qatar, which is pronounced just like it’s spelled incidentally. None of this “cutter” nonsense… Anyway, I am indeed in a hotel room that Qatar airways got for me due to the amazingly long layover. Everything has gone fine so far, I had no problems coming in, getting the voucher, or getting to the hotel. I gotta say, so far, this beats the hell out of hanging out in the Dubai airport for 12 hours… They gave me dinner and will also give me breakfast. There are three restaurants, but the voucher is only good at one of them. If I were coming from the US, the food would have to rate a solid c-, but because I am coming from 6 months in Sana’a, it felt much better. The sad thing is that, save for Tami’s cooking, this is the best meal I’ve had in the last 6 months. The desserts were particularly good…
I’m a total idiot, I forgot to put my shorts in my carry one, that means no swimming for Isaac. I will def. remember for the way back though! From what I saw of Doha, it looks like a cleaned up Hadda street. In other words, no style, just storefront after storefront. They do seem to be bigger here, and it is certainly cleaner as well. The traffic was mercifully quiet, but our driver seemed as though he was imported from Yemen. He drove like a madman, a quite madman, but still…
So far, this beats the hell out of hanging out in the Dubai airport for 12 hours. The only thing I can really complain about is the spotty internet connection here at the hotel. In other words, I don’t have much to complain about:-) The flight from Sana’a to Doha had decent food, but it did not have the fancy entertainment system that the Emirates flight does. We just had what looked to be an awful Cuba Gooding Jr. film, it had something to do with a kid’s camp, I didn’t plug my headphones in to pay more attention. Tomorrow (after sleeping for 8 hours) I will be shuttled back to the airport and get on the nonstop to DC, I like this new service!