Ewe, ungaphila nge-$150 eQatar usuku lonke—nasi irisithi

Ukuba uyathandabuza phakathi kweDubai neDoha ukuba yeyiphi isixeko sokumisa inqwelo-moya yakho, emva kokufunda le nto awusayi kuphinda ukhangele. Ayisosincoko esithi 'iQatar lilizwe elimangalisayo laseMbindi Mpuma'. Olu luvavanyo lokwenyani lokuba uza kuchitha malini, uza kubona ntoni, kwaye kufanelekile na ukumisa iiyure ezingama-24 eDoha. Isiphelo sibekwe apha kuqala: Ukuba unexesha lokumisa elingaphezu kweeyure ezi-8 kwaye ukulungele ukuphuma kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya, impendulo ithi—kufanelekile.

IQrata sisiqithi esincinci esingena kwiPersian Gulf, esinendawo emalunga ne-11,500 square kilometres—incinci kuneBeijing. Ixhomekeke kwelona thambeka likhulu legesi yendalo ukuba lelinye lawona mazwe atyebileyo ehlabathini, kwaye ngo-2022 yabamba eyona World Cup imfutshane kwezembali. Ngo-2026, iMaroon (iqela lesizwe laseQatar) iphinda ime kwinqanaba lokuhlungela, kwaye iHamad International Airport yaseDoha njengeziko lokutshintsha lisahamba ngumzila ongenakuphepheka wabahambi baseAsia, eYurophu naseAfrika. Umbuzo ongundoqo ngulo: Ileyibhile yaseDoha 'iyabiza'. Ngaba le leyibhile ichanekile? Mandikuphendule ngerisithi enye.

Iindaba ezilungileyo zomgaqo wokungena: IQatar ikhulula okanye inika i-visa ekufikeni kubemi bamazwe angaphezu kwe-100 (phinda ujonge ngokobuzwe bepasipoti yakho phambi kokuba uhambe). Zimbini iindlela zokusuka kwiHamad International Airport ukuya kumbindi wesixeko—umgaqo kaloliwe (malunga ne-$3 umgama omnye, umgca obomvu oya kwisikhululo saseMsheireb, imizuzu engama-30) okanye iteksi (malunga ne-$15-25, ngokuxhomekeke kwindawo oya kuyo kunye nexesha). Ndikuxelele isiphelo kuqala: Ukuba uneyure ezingama-24 kuphela, thenga ikhadi losuku lomgaqo kaloliwe elixabisa i-$3. Umgaqo kaloliwe waseDoha yenye yezona nkqubo zothutho zikawonke-wonke zicocekileyo ehlabathini—andizange ndibone neqhekeza lephepha kwisikhululo.

ISouq Waqif (Souq Waqif) ngeyure yesine ekuseni—Uninzi lwabantu lubhala ngeSouq Waqif (Souq Waqif) ngengxolo yasemva kwemini neyobusuku. Mna ndiza kukubhalela ngeyure yesine ekuseni. ISouq Waqif (Souq Waqif) ngeyure yesine ekuseni iyavalwa. Indoda endala ethengisa iziqholo ihleli esitokweni sayo, ibukele umdlalo wePremier League ophindwayo kwifowuni yayo—igama likaAlmoez Ali liyadlula. Ikati iphuma phakathi kwemfumba yekhaphethi, yandijonga ngononophelo, yaza yaqhubeka nohambo lwayo lobusuku. Iqela lokugqibela labakhenkethi lithethathethana nomthengisi othengisa iimagnethi kunye neentshontsho—'Three for ten, last price, I close now.' Emoyeni kusekho ivumba lenyama eyosiweyo kunye neti eswiti eza kuthi iphele ngokupheleleyo emva kweeyure ezimbalwa. Imarike ngeyure yesine ekuseni inobunyani obuza kuthi bulele—ibeka yonke imibala kunye nokukhwaza kwayo ecaleni, ishiye kuphela umkhandlo omncinci kunye nokuzola kwayo.

Nantsi i-akhawunti yokwenyani yovavanyo lweeyure ezingama-24 eDoha (Doha): Ukuhamba ngololiwe ukusuka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iHamad International Airport (Hamad International Airport) ukuya nokubuya $6 / Itikiti lokungena kwiMyuziyam yoBugcisa bamaSilamsi $14 / Iidate zasekuseni kunye neti yeKaraki eSouq Waqif (Souq Waqif) $7 / Isidlo sasemini: Inyama yegusha eyosiweyo kunye nerayisi yeMachboos e-Al Terrace $8 / Uhambo lwemini enkangala nolwandle lwangaphakathi (kunye neqela, kubandakanya ukukhwela isanti nge-4x4 kunye neziselo) $55 / Amanzi, iziqwenga ezincinci kunye nezikhumbuzo zentengiso $12 / Itotali = $112. Ewe, andizange ndichithe no $150. Ukuba awudingi uhambo lwentlango — umzekelo, uneeyure ezili-12 kuphela — ungakwazi ukuyenza ngaphantsi kwe $50. Ukuba ufuna ukuhlala ubusuku eDoha (Doha) kwihotele eneenkwenkwezi ezine, yongeza i-$120-180. Kodwa ukuba nje ubulala ixesha phakathi kweenqwelo-moya ezimbini, iishawari zasimahla kunye namagumbi okuphumla kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya zikhululekile ngaphezu kokucinga — kwaye zisimahla.

Ulwandle lwangaphakathi lwentlango (Khor Al Adaid) ngummangaliso wejografi — iindunduma zesanti zitshona ngqo emanzini aluhlaza oLwandle lwasePersi. Xa iToyota Land Cruiser ibhabha kwiindunduma nge-engile yama-30 degrees, umqhubi uHassan akadlali umculo wama-Arabhu 'wemo yaseMbindi Mpuma' njengoko ucinga, kodwa inkcazo yePremier League yeBrentford neCrystal Palace. 'Abantu baseQatar bayayibukela iligi yasekhaya?' Ndabuza. 'Hayi,' watsho, esalatha ngesipili esingasemva entlango, 'Abantu baseQatar babukela iPremier League kuphela — ngaphandle kokuba singene kwiNdebe yeHlabathi.' Ilifa lika-2022 alikho nje kwizakhiwo zemidlalo eDoha (Doha) — likwashiywe kwingcinga yokukhetha ibhola yabantu abaqhelekileyo beli lizwe.

Nge-6 emva kwemini, ndema phambi kwefestile enkulu yeMyuziyam yoBugcisa bamaSilamsi. Imigca yejometri kaIM Pei inqumla i-skyline yaseDoha (Doha) ibe yimifanekiso egqibeleleyo — ngasekhohlo kukho i-Dhow (Dhow) yesiko edada echwebeni, ngasekunene kukho iCBD yaseWest Bay ebonisa ilanga elitshonayo entlango ngeglasi yayo. Umsebenzi wokwakha wasePakistan wema ecaleni kwam — enxibe i-strip yokukhanya emsebenzini — naye ejonge loo skyline. Undixelele ukuba uhlale eQatar iminyaka eli-12, kwaye uthathe inxaxheba ekwakhiweni kwezakhiwo ezintlanu eWest Bay. 'Usapho lwakho lukhe lwafika eDoha (Doha)?' Wanikina intloko, walatha ngefestile kwizakhiwo eziphakamileyo: 'Babone iifoto. Zingcono kunezokwenyani.' Lo mzuzu awukho kuyo nayiphi na inkcazo yohambo, kodwa yeyona nto iyinyani yokuhamba eQatar — enye inkalo yobutyebi ngabo bakha obo butyebi.

Ukubuyela kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iHamad International Airport (Hamad International Airport) kushiyeke iiyure ezimbini phambi kwenqwelo-moya elandelayo. Kwivenkile engenarhafu kukho intengiso yezikhafu zeqela lesizwe laseQatar — ezibomvu ngombala omnyama, ezinomfuziselo weqela elibomvu kwikona. Ndathenga enye. Kungekhona ngenxa yokuba ndingumlandeli wabo — kungenxa yokuba ndihlale nje iiyure ezingama-24 kweli lizwe, kodwa sele ndibone okungaphezulu kunabantu abaninzi abahamba ngenqwelo-moya: iikati zentengiso yasekuseni, inkcazo yePremier League yomqhubi wentlango, i-skyline emehlweni omsebenzi wokwakha, kunye nerisithi ye-$112.

Ke, iQatar ifanelekile na? Kuxhomekeka ekubeni uyithelekisa nantoni na. Ukuba ubhabha usuka eAsiya ukuya eholideyini ngokukodwa — ngaphandle kokuba unomdla othile othile (ubugcisa bamaSilamsi, ukukhempisha entlango, iF1), iintsuku ezintathu eDoha (Doha) zinokukubonisa ukuba kuyabiza kwaye kufutshane. Kodwa ukuba uhamba phakathi kweAsiya, iYurophu neAfrika, ixesha lokumisa leeyure ezi-8 ukuya kwezingama-24 — impendulo yile: phuma kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya. IQatar ayisiyondawo ekufuneka uye kuyo kanye ebomini — kodwa yindawo onokuthi uhambe kuyo amaxesha amaninzi ebomini bakho. Kwaye ukuchitha i-$112 ukukhumbula uhambo olunye, kungcono kunokulala iiyure ezisibhozo kwisitulo sesikhululo seenqwelomoya.