After a delightful and unexpected pleasant 3 night stay in Doha, we headed out to Australia on the next leg of our journey. We had flown Qatar Airways and wanted to see Qatar, so we stopped over for 3 nights,…
Touring Doha by Day and Night During Ramadan!
This post will mostly be a gallery of pics as we took so many photos during our 4 hour tour of Doha. As it is the season of Ramadan, we hired a private driver, Sauiful, to tour us around Doha…
Outstanding Business Class on a Qatar Airlines A350-1000 from Houston to Doha!
After the horrible experience I blogged about the Air France Lounge in Houston in the last post, Steve (DOS) and I were quite ready to board our 14 1/2 hour flight to Doha. As bad as the AF Lounge experience…
Pre-Departure (Horrible) Review of the Air France Lounge: Houston (IAH) Airport!
After a good night’s sleep at the Marriott Houston (IAH) Airport, we slept in a bit before heading down to the buffet breakfast in the hotel’s restaurant. This airport hotel Marriott is very soundproof, especially being snack dab in the…
Springing Forward to March and Traveling Again!
Wow – it’s nearly Spring, and this past weekend was Daylight Savings time here in Florida and most of the US. It’s nice having an extra hour of daylight, and it seems to bring neighbors and others outdoors for evening…
Goodbye Hanoi . . . Hello Bangkok!
We woke up in Hanoi earlier than expected (around 7:45am) after being up until almost 1am from the long flights the previous day. The Hilton Hanoi we stayed in last night is a beautiful hotel, and was very soundproof. We…