Golden Slumbers

If you think that there are less cars on the road during Ramadan, you are sorely mistaken. From 8h to 14h, the streets are clogged with impatient, thirsty, fasting commuters. It’s madness!

But during the daytime, between 15h up until 19h, the streets are unusually quiet. Since the risk of getting run over around this time of the day is slim, we took a stroll around our neighborhood.

Ah, our neighborhood…

We live in an area surrounded by construction. There is a stretch of road that has been under construction ever since we moved here – that’s more than a year ago – and has remained untouched to this day. The worst part is that it is in front of the French school, which makes traffic even worse (our area houses 3 schools – the French school, the Lebanese school, and the Qatar International school).

But last Friday was tranquil, the roads were empty, and the construction workers were absent. When all these buildings will be finished, the skyline will most probably be impressive; but as of now, it’s nothing but bordel.

No idea what this shopping cart is doing here

Construction behind our building

A wider view

Buildings and sand

Tile formation (French school behind)

Our neighborhood mosque

Neighborhood petrol station (the neighborhood grocery stop as well)

Freaking old trucks

Doha street tags

“Why yes, I am very happy.”

Telling me how to adjust the camera settings

Et voila… that’s my neighborhood.

Currently listening to:
The Beatles
Abbey Road