What to do with a 13 hour layover in Doha, Qatar

What do I do with a 13-

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in Doha

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after a direct flight from London? I get off the plane and a wave of that dry heat hits me. I just landed in Doha

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and I have the whole day to explore the city. We'll see

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I do, but today is Friday, which is like your day off, it's your weekend, so things don't open until 1:1:30 in the afternoon, so I can kill some time before the things open first. I had the taxi drop me off at the National Museum of Qatar which was only 15 minutes from the airport, although it wasn't open it was worth seeing the unique architecture of this building in person.

I'm glad I wore my walking shoes. Because I can already tell that's

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I'm going to do most of this morning. I think I'm trying to walk to a park, something to do with flags, so let's go find some flags. I'm also very happy about that. I packed sunscreen because this skin hasn't seen the sun in 3 months. I've been wintering and boom, suddenly the plane drops you off in the desert and it's hot again but I'm not used to it. I found it, let's see if I can find it. American flag Oh, I think I found it, of course, it's practically in the center, why would it be anywhere else?

That's where I just came from. I head this way and it's a giant television, the entire façade of the building. Wow, that's it. a city skyline that's cool and look at all these traditional wooden boats that are here in the harbor, it's so cool old world meets new world. I was able to kill time walking through the suef, a market that sells traditional clothing, spices, and crafts. and souvenirs with many restaurants and shishas too, can you hear it? The call to prayer in the background. I'll never get tired of hearing it so far, from what I can tell from Doha, it's a very modern city, most of the pedestrian areas, um.

I have these really lush gardens and shade and water features, so it's really nice to walk around and I know a lot of people will make fun of me, but the first thing I thought when I saw the Old Market was, "This looks like a Disney thing to me." that I would see at Disneyland, but it's not, it's actually real. Oh, I can't believe that was my first moment to think about having a snack and lunch. It's just after 1:00 in the afternoon, which means that the Museum of Islamic Art is Now open lunch was delicious I finally got to the art museum and now I can put my bag in a locker Yes, finally air conditioning Right behind me they have the top of the columns. from the Corda mosque and I was there.

Less than a year ago it's great to see things from a different part of the world that I visited and now I'm somewhere else and here it is again a small world, yes that's where I was the year past Granada, Malaga, Seeville and Córdoba. I've also been to Cho. I have to sit down for a moment. I'm tired, oh, but this lighting makes my skin look so nice and dewy and awake, even though I don't feel it. I don't even know how long I've been. Upstairs, I'm like in a few days with all this ornate filigree and inlay and just the detail of the Islamic art is fascinating to look at, but I also see dots, so I think I need to take a quick nap somewhere I'll never know, so I took a taxi across the city to the famous Torch Tower and the Vagio shopping center.

Oh wow, it's the night sky. To me, this looks exactly like Las Vegas. There are some gondolas with a river running through the center of the mall, so I know things. I work a little differently here. The taxi driver who picked me up from the art gallery brought me to this shopping center and told me that he will also take me to the airport and will wait for me. We and I exchanged WhatsApp numbers. I left my bag with him. I have my passport, but I said, Is it safe? and he said yes it's safe and I know it but still in the back of your mind you say oh I hope everything is okay but I just have to trust it because this is guitar and not America or anywhere else. um, yeah, everything will be fine, we'll see.

I think I figured out where all the people are, this mall is packed, there was no one walking the sidewalks before. everyone is here today the air conditioning makes a lot of sense this shopping center makes me want to be a maximalist and I know I don't have much space in my suitcase all I bought was a charger for my phone there is the ice rink and Here is the lounge games. I'm inside the torch going up to the 21st floor. I have 40 minutes to sit in this comfortable chair, see the view and drink a smoothie.

I think I can handle it. Not a bad way to end the day. I'm heading down, time to go find my taxi driver. Shad, look how it lights up at night. I couldn't even notice it from the inside. I returned to the airport and my bag safe and sound. Oh, well, my door is. C3 fortunately is not c93 I don't know if I could walk all that way. I already walked 7 miles today. Kim, here I go, next stop. Adelaide. Thank you very much for watching and following my adventures. If you liked this video, be sure. to give the thumbs up to the next fun in the sun in Adelaide, Australia