Dinner last night was amazing! The Afghani boys made a traditional meal for us and it was incredibly tasty and they even made it look pretty.
I've asked for some recipes, so I will share those when I get them. Oh, interesting side note, they call okra, 'lady fingers'. At first I thought they were talking about cookies but I looked puzzled when they said it was in a tomato base with potato :)
This is my rental car. It looks like 90% of the cars in Doha. I had to buy a bright red window shade more for the purpose of FINDING my car in a parking lot. The other 10% are landcruisers, if you were wondering.
Does anyone have suggestions on how I can check emission standards across the globe? If I'm going to buy a car I'd like to bring it back to the US with me. I want to make a wise purchase that won't surprise me later. I also have to look for a 4x4, but small, vehicle in order to be able to SCUBA dive - and not bottom out on every speed hump, bump, and vertical wall they place on the roads.
Things are getting real toasty over here. Days are averaging around 115 with 60% humidity. It's like the opposite of snowy days in Buffalo where you come in from outside and your glasses fog up.
I'm almost done with training, then we begin international student orientation. That runs another week. The bonus I get from this is my requirement to chaperone some of the outings. I'll be going to one of the souqs this week so I hope to buy some new fancy sandals. I will try to take photos but you have to be very careful in that type of public place. Ciao for now.
OOh, are those alien thingies lights for the road??
I have seen one of those sky-painted ceilings! Metalpeter, if you ever plan a trip to hedonistic Vegas, they have a a faux-sky ceiling in one of those zillion theme-based hotel malls they have there. It's pretty cool.
Nice pictures. That one shot of the road does look like it was made for a plane or something to land on the way the lights are positioned. A gondola ride in there mall sounds interesting. The sky ceiling is a cool idea I have heard of that someplace else but I don't think I have ever seen before. Thanks for posting the pictures.
Wow, that is what date trees look like?? We have those here in South Fl., and I always wondered what the hell they were.
Qoo pix!