To avoid congested roads near the city centre. Since we expected most of our birding to take place west of Doha, we searched for a hotel in the western suburbs Finally its worth noting that traffic lights inĭoha seems to take forever to change, which can be a little stressful if youre in a hurry. Instances it adds unnecessary kilometres to some driving distances. It can also be a bit annoying because in some Most of the bigger roads are dualĬarriageways, which is no doubt good from a road safety perspective. Traffic is, with a few exceptions, light and the roads generally well maintained. Many locals,Įspecially around Doha, love speed and are generally impatient drivers, which, combined with the many roadworks,Ĭan make a drive trough the capital quite an ordeal for the inexperienced foreign driver. Like in many other ways, Qatar is reminiscent of the United Arab Emirates when it comes to driving. The GPS wed booked in advanced wasnt available either, which just goes to show that using one of the bigĬompanies doesnt necessarily guarantee anything.
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Got an old banged up Toyota Corolla, which they assured us was an upgrade on the one wed booked. We werent impressed by the efficiency, though, since it took forever to get our visa on arrival.Ĭollecting our rental car from AVIS, booked through, also took much to long, but we finally Tickets were easily booked online on Hamad International Airport in Doha pride itself of being one of the best in the Middle East, and it is quite niceĪctually. The extended stop-over in Doha only had a limited impact on the price of our Qatar Airways plane tickets. Since Qatar would be a stepping stone for us on our trip to Oman anyway, it was almost a freebie flight-wise as Its a shame really, because the country is definitely worth a visit, and we certainly didnt The most likely explanation is that there are no birds here which are impossible or indeed difficult To find accommodation (though mainly/exclusively in and around Doha) and places to eat, we wonder why so fewīirders visit. Unexplored since theres a small birding community, apparently mainly consisting of expats, here.Įven for Danes such as us, Qatar is a very small and flat country, and since its easy to get there, to get around, As we found out, Qatar is only relatively Seems to be visiting, and we both very much love unexplored places. Time, we decided to spend a few nights in Doha to have a quick look at this small country.Ī further lure for us was that, despite Doha being an important hub for international flights, very few birders However, because the flights from Salalah via Doha to Copenhagen had an appalling connection This short visit to the state of Qatar came about as a bit of a coincidence, since the absolute main focus of our