Yebo, ungaphila nge-$150 eQatar (Qatar) usuku olulodwa - nansi irisidi

Uma ungabaza phakathi kweDubai (Dubai) neDoha (Doha) ukuthi iyiphi idolobha ozodlula kulo ngezindiza, ngemva kokufunda lokhu ngeke usadinga ukusesha. Lokhu akusona isihloko esithandekayo esithi 'iQatar (Qatar) yizwe elimangalisayo laseMpumalanga Ephakathi'. Lokhu ukuhlolwa kwangempela kokuthi kungakanani imali oyidingayo eDoha (Doha) emahoreni angu-24, yini ongayibona, nokuthi kufanele yini. Isiphetho sibekwe lapha: uma unesikhathi sokudlula esingaphezu kwamahora angu-8 futhi uzimisele ukuphuma esikhumulweni sezindiza, impendulo ithi - kufanele.

I-Qatar (Qatar) iyipeninsula encane engenela oLwandle lwasePersian (Persian Gulf), ubukhulu bayo bungama-11,500 km² kuphela - incane kuneBeijing (Beijing). Inethezekile ngenxa yomthamo omkhulu kakhulu wegesi emhlabeni futhi ingelinye lamazwe acebe kakhulu emhlabeni. Ngo-2022 yabamba iNdebe Yomhlaba (World Cup) emfushane kakhulu emlandweni. Ngo-2026, i-Al Annabi (iQatar (Qatar) iqembu lesizwe) iphinda ime esigabeni sokuhlungela, futhi isikhumulo sezindiza saseDoha (Doha) iHamad International Airport (Hamad International Airport) sisayindawo yokudlula yabahambi abaningi base-Asia, Europe nase-Afrika. Inhloko yodaba ithi: iDoha (Doha) inelebula 'liyabiza'. Kodwa leli lebula linembile yini? Ake ngikuphendule ngerisidi eyodwa.

Izindaba ezinhle zokuqala zomthetho wokungena: iQatar (Qatar) inikeza izakhamuzi zamazwe angaphezu kwe-100 ukungena ngaphandle kwe-visa noma i-visa lapho ufika (hlola kabusha ngokobuzwe bephasipoti yakho ngaphambi kokuhamba). Kunezindlela ezimbili zokusuka e-Hamad International Airport (Hamad International Airport) ukuya enkabeni yedolobha - umzila wesitimela (umzila owodwa cishe u-$3, umzila obomvu uya esiteshini saseMsheireb (Msheireb), imizuzu engu-30) noma itekisi (cishe u-$15-25, kuya ngendawo oya kuyo nesikhathi). Ngikutshele isiphetho: uma unamahora angu-24 kuphela, thenga ikhadi losuku lwesitimela elingu-$3. Isitimela saseDoha (Doha) singesinye sezinhlelo zokuthutha zomphakathi ezihlanzeke kakhulu emhlabeni - angizange ngibone ngisho nocezu lwephepha emgwaqweni wesiteshi.

I-Souq Waqif (Souq Waqif) ngehora lesine ekuseni - abantu abaningi babhala nge-Souq Waqif (Souq Waqif) ntambama nasebusuku. Ngizokubhalela ngehora lesine ekuseni. I-Souq Waqif (Souq Waqif) ngehora lesine ekuseni iyavalwa. Indoda endala ethengisa izinongo ihleli esitolo sayo, ibuka umdlalo we-Premier League (Premier League) ophindwayo - igama lika-Almoez Ali (Almoez Ali) liyavela. Ikati liyaphuma emfuhlweni wezingubo, lingibuka ngokuqapha, bese liqhubeka nohambo lwalo lobusuku. Izivakashi zokugcina ziyaxoxisana nomthengisi othengisa izibalo nezindwangu zekhanda - 'Three for ten, last price, I close now.' Emoyeni kusenephunga lenyama eyosiwe netiye elimnandi elizohamba emahoreni ambalwa. Imakethe ngehora lesine ekuseni inokwethembeka ngaphambi kokulala - iqoqa yonke imibala yayo nemisindo yokumemezela, ishiye kuphela ukukhathala okuncane nokuthula kwayo.

Nasi yikholi weqiniso wamahora angu-24 eDoha (Doha): Umzila wesitimela oya eHamad International Airport (Hamad International Airport) ubuyela emuva $6 / Ithikithi lokungena eMnyuziyamu we-Islamic Art (Mnyuziyamu we-Islamic Art) $14 / Emini yasekuseni eSouq Waqif (Souq Waqif) amasundu kanye netiye leKaraki $7 / Ukudla kwemini: Inyama yemvu eyosiwe enerayisi leMachboos e-Al Terrace (Al Terrace) $18 / Uhambo lwemini olungena enkangala nasolwandle (uhambo oluhleliwe, kuhlanganise nokugibela imoto enamasondo amane kanye neziphuzo) $55 / Amanzi, ukudla okuncane kanye nezikhumbuzo zemakethe $12 / Isamba = $112. Yebo, angizange ngichithe ngisho $150. Uma ungadingi uhambo lwenkangala — njengokuthi unamahora angu-12 kuphela — ungakwazi ukuphatha ngaphansi kuka $50. Uma ufuna ukuhlala ihhotela elinezinkanyezi ezine eDoha (Doha) ubusuku obunye, engeza $120-180. Kodwa uma nje ubulala isikhathi phakathi kwezindiza ezimbili, izindawo zokugeza ezipholile kanye namakamelo okuphumula asimahla asemoyeni anethezekile kunalokho ocabanga — futhi amahhala.

Ulwandle lwenkangala iKhor Al Adaid (Khor Al Adaid) yisimangaliso sendawo — izindunduma eziwela ngqo emanzini aluhlaza asolwandle iPersian Gulf (Persian Gulf). Ngenkathi iToyota Land Cruiser igijima ngejubane elingu-30 degrees ezindundumeni, umculo kamsakato womshayeli uHassan awuzange ube ngumculo wama-Arabhu 'womoya waseMpumalanga' njengoba ucabanga, kodwa kwakungumdlalo wePremier League phakathi kweBrentford neCrystal Palace. 'Abantu baseQatar bayayibuka iligi yasekhaya?' Ngabuza. 'Cha,' esho, ekhomba ngesandla sakhe enkangala esibukweni sangemuva, 'Abantu baseQatar babuka iPremier League kuphela — ngaphandle uma singena eNdebeni yoMhlaba.' Ifa lika-2022 aligcinwanga nje ezakhiweni zemidlalo eDoha (Doha) — kodwa futhi lishiye umcabango omusha mayelana nokukhetha kwebhola labantu abavamile baleli zwe.

Ngehora lesithupha ntambama, ngangimi phambi kwefasitela elikhulu leMnyuziyamu we-Islamic Art (Mnyuziyamu we-Islamic Art). Imigqa yejiyomethri eklanywe nguI.M. Pei yayisika umkhawulo wesibhakabhaka saseDoha (Doha) ube yisithombe esiphelele — ngakwesobunxele umkhumbi wendabuko iDhow (Dhow) untanta echwebeni, ngakwesokudla izakhiwo zengilazi zeWest Bay CBD zikhombisa ukushona kwelanga enkangala. Umsebenzi wasePakistan wokwakha wema eceleni kwami — wayesagqoke imichilo ekhanyayo yengubo yakhe yokusebenza — futhi wayebuka umkhawulo ofanayo wesibhakabhaka. Wangitshela ukuthi usebenze eQatar iminyaka eyi-12, futhi wabamba iqhaza ekwakhiweni kwezakhiwo ezingenani eziyisihlanu eWest Bay. 'Umndeni wakho wake weza eDoha (Doha) na?' Wanikina ikhanda, wakhomba ezakhiweni eziphakeme: 'Babone izithombe. Zihlule ukufana ngeqiniso.' Lo mzuzu awuwona owencwadi yokuhamba, kodwa uyisithombe sangempela sokuhamba eQatar — olunye uhlangothi lwengcebo yilabo abayakha.

Ukubuyela eHamad International Airport (Hamad International Airport) kwakunamahora amabili ngaphambi kwendiza elandelayo. Esitolo esingenantela kwakukhuthazwa izikhafu zeqembu lesizwe laseQatar — ezibomvu ezimnyama, ezinezembozo zeqembu iMaroon军团 ezikoneni. Ngathenga eyodwa. Hhayi ngoba ngingumlandeli wabo — kodwa ngoba ngihlale kuleli zwe amahora angu-24 kuphela, kodwa sengibone okuningi kunabahambi abaningi abadlulayo: amakati emakethe ekuseni, ukuchazwa kwePremier League komshayeli wenkangala, umkhawulo wesibhakabhaka emehlweni omsebenzi wokwakha, kanye nerisidi engu $112.

Ngakho-ke, iQatar iyafaneleka na? Kuncika ekutheni uyiqhathanisa nani. Uma uhamba ngenhloso yokuya eholidini usuka e-Asia — ngaphandle uma unentshisekelo ethile (ubuciko bamaSulumane, ukukhempa enkangala, iF1), izinsuku ezintathu eDoha (Doha) zingakubonakala zibiza futhi zifushane. Kodwa uma uhamba phakathi kwe-Asia, iYurophu ne-Afrika, isikhathi sokuma esiyi-8-24 amahora — impendulo ithi: Phuma emoyeni. I-Qatar ayiyona indawo okufanele uyivakashele kanye empilweni yakho — kodwa iyindawo ongahamba ngayo izikhathi eziningi empilweni yakho. Futhi ukuchitha u-$112 ukuze ukhumbule uhambo olulodwa, kungcono kunokulala esihlalweni semoyeni amahora ayisishiyagalombili.