Posted on September 7, 2017
Time for Desert!
MB spent 2 full days in Lebanon, one of which was spent at the wedding of D&M, and 2 part days travelling to & from. He returned to Qatar some 3 kilos heavier than when he departed. It’s not difficult to see why:
Posted on November 20, 2015
3 Camels munch some evening food. Dubai. February 2009.
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Category: Irish man in the Middle East Tagged: Camels, Culture, Desert, Photography, postaday, Trio, Weekly Photo Challenge
Posted on August 23, 2015
Qatar.
MB currently resides in Qatar. It is probably most famous at present for being selected to host the 2022 football (real football) World Cup. Doha is the capital city and already a huge amount of redevelopment and infrastructure is underway to ensure a timely completion ahead of the games. Although there are still seven years to go before the event takes place, the Qataris are taking the opportunity to rebuild their entire capital city and are also modernising much of their countries roads and transport system. The new Doha airport which opened last year, after a few years delay to the works, is as modern as exists anywhere in the world.
The award of the World Cup to Qatar has come in for much criticism, but MB wrote a recent post on the Qatar 2022 tournament, which he fully supports: https://michealdebarra.com/2015/06/05/qatar-2022-the-case-for/
Property rents are extremely high throughout Qatar and in Doha especially, compared to most places in the Middle East region, or even beyond. For decent rented accommodation one can expect to pay in the region of Euro 1,250 per month for a single room in a shared apartment, or in the region of Euro 2,250 per month for a single bedroom apartment. Consequently recent years have seen a vast amount of residential developments completed. Many more are either under construction or at architectural design stage.
The below pic was taken by MB a few nights back in the new Doha ‘des res’ area called ‘West Bay’
Category: Irish man in the Middle East Tagged: 2022, arabia, Blog, Construction, Culture, Desert, Development, Doha, Middle East, Qatar, Travel, West Bay
Posted on April 25, 2015
Dubai belly dancer
Category: Irish man in the Middle East Tagged: belly dancer, Culture, Dance, Desert, Dubai, Motion, Photography, postaday, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
Posted on June 13, 2014
Follow-up from previous post
Category: Irish man in the Middle East Tagged: Afridi, Cricket photos, Culture, Desert, Dubai cricket, Indians, Pakistanis, Sachin, Sport, Street Cricket, Subcontinent
Posted on May 14, 2014
The Idea
Have decided to post a photo per day for 30 days, each based on a word or theme. Feel free to offer a word or theme challenge to MB in the comment box below.
Photo 24/30
Desert!
Category: Irish man in the Middle East Tagged: berries, Desert, dubai mall, Food, Gallery Lafayette, Ice cream
Posted on February 7, 2014
Peace Brother & Sister Crossers
When MB was at the Preacher Man event last weekend the faithful referred to each other as Brother X and Sister Y. Read More
Category: Irish man in the Middle East Tagged: a day in the life, Adventure, boat people, Desert, Humor, necknomination, the beatles, third world, trees, youth
Posted on December 15, 2013
Sand storm on the Dubai/Abu Dhabi highway
Category: Irish man in the Middle East Tagged: Culture, Desert, Dubai, Middle East, sand storm, Travel
Posted on December 3, 2013
In the Dubai desert. On the road to Al Ain.
Category: Irish man in the Middle East Tagged: Adventure, Al Ain, Camel, Culture, Desert, Dubai, Middle East, Travel
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