When you walk around, you realise what a miracle this place is. It is a country built on sand. Everywhere there is sand. Western children would probably love it. The sand blows into every crevice and collects in sheltered corners. On the side of the street, weeds attempt to establish their roots in a medium, […]

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Greening the Gulf

These sprinklers came on just as I was passing the palace.

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TWO DIE IN LABOUR CAMPS

One of the first things you notice in here are the beat up yellow buses. These are used to transport construction workers from the labour camps on the outskirts of the city to whatever hole in the ground they are working on that day. They get up a lot earlier than the regular office worker, […]

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TWO DIE IN LABOUR CAMPS

One of the first things you notice in here are the beat up yellow buses. These are used to transport construction workers from the labour camps on the outskirts of the city to whatever hole in the ground they are working on that day. They get up a lot earlier than the regular office worker, […]

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Orrie, the mascot of the As%7n G*mes says a special “Happy Birthday” to Mariana Naughton, who is six today.

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This town’s best known building

Here you see the Sheraton Hotel, which is the best known building in town, open for over 25 years. Every weekend (ie on Friday afternoon after morning mosque attendance and even more so on Sunday), families congrerate in this park and other “family” only spaces for picnics. You would not believe the selection of vacuum […]

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