Recently I took a short boat trip in Doha Bay with Bijan, Chitra and the children (Kaveh and Aris). Kaveh, the 7-year old, insisted on paying for the entire trip – something of which he was very proud. His younger brother enjoyed himself, hanging out with the camera over the edge. As Bijan commented, in the States we’d be forbidden by rules and regulations from the free movement we had on the boat. Some pictures of Orie, the mascot from the 2006 Asian Games (a Disney version of the Oryx, the national animal), the boat,
Palm Island – now slated for renovation into another spot for tourists, the new, yet-to-be-opened Islamic Art Museum (the modern blocky building built at the site of the port) and another view of the buildings on the Corniche, follow.
