My passing by Doha !!!

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Often in my travels I have to go thru some exotic places never before been there, but need to go thru just to say « I was here » , I had it buried in other posts in my blog, but they should have more. It anything as a souvenir of me passing by Doha ! Therefore here is my take on my passing by Doha !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

Doha is literally “round”, an Arabic word for a gulf or a bay , and is the capital of Qatar, located on the Persian Gulf, with a 7 km long cornice curve avenue along the sea, The city was founded in 1850 under the name of Al-Bida’a, and was probably founded by Sudanese who fled the emirate of Abu Dabi . In 1916, the British protectorate made it its administrative center ,and in September 1971, Doha became the capital of independent Qatar.

My passing was at Hamad International Airport , the airport of Doha, and Qatar. It has a Terminal 1 with  Concourse A has 10 passenger gates connected to jet bridges and is located west of the check-in area and Main Terminal. Two of the gates are designed to accommodate the  Airbus A380. Maybe will need adjustment as the A380 are a dying breed.  Concourse B has 10 passenger gates connected to jet bridges and is located east of the check-in area.  Two of the gates are built to accommodate the Airbus A380. There is a small coffee shop located at the end of Concourse B, as well as smoking rooms, family areas, and an express duty-free store.  Concourse C has 13 passenger gates connected to jet bridges, two of them built specifically for the Airbus A380. There are 10 remote gates without a fixed jet bridge link connected to Concourse C.  Concourse D Is fully operational. Gates 1–4 are on the first floor and Gates 20–24 on the ground floor.  Concourse E Is fully operational. Gates 1–4 are on the first floor and Gates 20–24 on the ground floor.  Concourse D & Concourse E are due to be extended with a possible Concourse F although plans are still to be finalised. Terminal 1 features First and Business Class lounges which were opened by Qatar Airways. The aiport has a total of three terminals: Terminal 1, Terminal 2, and Terminal 3. Terminal 1 is the largest terminal with 41 gates, while Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 have 10 and 33 gates respectively. Only used T1.

doha qatar airport to gate E24 et Entebbe uganda apr18

doha qatar airport gates E to Entebbe uganda apr18

doha qatar airport public bus to plane apr18

One thing worth mentioning here for a visit, eventually is the Doha Islamic Art Museum that was designed by the American architect Ieoh Ming Pei (also did the Louvre pyramid) and inaugurated by the emir in 2008. It presented a fairly complete panorama of Islamic art with rare pieces from Moorish Spain to Central Asia.

The official Doha Hamad international airport : https://dohahamadairport.com/

The Qatar tourist office on Doha : https://visitqatar.com/intl-en/about-qatar/doha

There you go folks, I have come to it just enough, and I look forward to be back in the future. Again, hope you enjoy this post on my passing by Doha !!! as I.

And remember , happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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