runningscared

Agree - it can be expensive over here. Champagne won't always be flowing. House parties and BBQs seem to be the height of Ramadan. Also depends on tastes etc.

DOHDUBMAN

Haha thats about £175 a night out. Pretty expensive like. Allthough i think id rather pay that a couple of times a week than sit at home whinging

Cheers for the advice

co durham boy

You'll be doing both mate don't worry it's a right of passage . Getting pissed whilst moaning about the weather / driving and the local mindset is par for the course .

Debowing

In Doha, if one is not interested in ladies of negotiable affection then, it maybe a good idea to do a bit of networking on the net and try to get into circles of friends. There is quite a bit of socializing going on the cafes near the Ramada intersection and there are good opportunities for meeting single ladies at the Paloma club in Intercon Hotel. Still, you should be reasonably handsome and well dressed and be prepared to buy drinks etc....

THere are also golf clubs and there is an expenisve members only club at the marriott where you could meet up with some nice ladies, but I did not try that...

Please note that my info may be a bit out of date, I was there during 2006-2007.

IMO the best is to be part of a circle of friends.

Everyone should try Doha for a year or so, just to appreciate in retrospect that there is a wonderful world out there...(outside Qatar)

co durham boy

" you should be reasonably handsome and well dressed and be prepared to buy drinks etc...."

It's not the Nana Plaza here mate , we are in the real world you know not the Farang bar girl world....

Paracletus

5 days did it for me. Our host was probably the worste aspect of Doha though..but she had been there for 5 years, so I can only assume there is a correlation. Been happy ever since though, always being in paradise.