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eastrunner Jan 4th 2021 9:51 pm
End of the Blockade
 
So far all warm hugs around.....

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/...mmit-live-news

csdf Jan 4th 2021 11:10 pm
Re: End of the Blockade
 
Prosaically, that website is blocked in the UAE...

DXBtoDOH Jan 5th 2021 1:29 am
Re: End of the Blockade
 
Three years too late for me.

The blockade began a few months after I was forced to transfer to Doha and which I only agreed to upon the knowledge I'd be flying back to the UAE every other weekend or so. I actually had flight tickets to Dubai the weekend the blockade began.

All those lost R&R weekends in Dubai certainly did much to make my time in Doha enjoyable ;)

psychopomp1 Jan 5th 2021 7:19 am
Re: End of the Blockade
 
Originally Posted by csdf (Post 12954054)
Prosaically, that website is blocked in the UAE...
Try this
https://www.dohanews.co/breaking-ful...ar-gcc-states/

psychopomp1 Jan 5th 2021 7:23 am
Re: End of the Blockade
 
Originally Posted by DXBtoDOH (Post 12954104)
Three years too late for me.

The blockade began a few months after I was forced to transfer to Doha and which I only agreed to upon the knowledge I'd be flying back to the UAE every other weekend or so. I actually had flight tickets to Dubai the weekend the blockade began.

All those lost R&R weekends in Dubai certainly did much to make my time in Doha enjoyable ;)
For me, the lifting of the blockade has come at the perfect time. I left my previous job in Doha a month or so before the blockade kicked in (Summer 2017). I am now about to return to Qatar on a new assignment, this means i can visit Bahrain/Dubai via road. Bit of a long drive, but I don't mind :)

DXBtoDOH Jan 5th 2021 8:00 am
Re: End of the Blockade
 
Originally Posted by psychopomp1 (Post 12954299)
For me, the lifting of the blockade has come at the perfect time. I left my previous job in Doha a month or so before the blockade kicked in (Summer 2017). I am now about to return to Qatar on a new assignment, this means i can visit Bahrain/Dubai via road. Bit of a long drive, but I don't mind :)
Why drive? Flights were dirt cheap. Is the desert really that scenic ;)

psychopomp1 Jan 5th 2021 8:13 am
Re: End of the Blockade
 
Originally Posted by DXBtoDOH (Post 12954328)
Why drive? Flights were dirt cheap. Is the desert really that scenic ;)
Yeah I know its far more convenient to fly but I prefer to drive, as its more of an adventure. Time isn't an issue :)

DXBtoDOH Jan 6th 2021 1:22 am
Re: End of the Blockade
 
Originally Posted by psychopomp1 (Post 12954339)
Yeah I know its far more convenient to fly but I prefer to drive, as its more of an adventure. Time isn't an issue :)
How long does it take? Doha to DXB? Or Manama?

scrubbedexpat141 Jan 10th 2021 5:43 pm
Re: End of the Blockade
 
Originally Posted by psychopomp1 (Post 12954339)
Yeah I know its far more convenient to fly but I prefer to drive, as its more of an adventure. Time isn't an issue :)
I'd thoroughly enjoy that trip as well.


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