OK well time for me to update life in the dust bowl!! Fish bowl more like it. That’s what they call it here as it’s like a life encompassed in glass, where everyone is doing the same thing, knows everything you do and you can’t go anywhere without running into people from work. Hell even when you leave the country there are 10 other people doing the same thing, going to the same place on the same plane. It’s interesting though, lots of very blog worthy stories to tell!!

As there is nothing much to do in this tiny little country most afternoons are filled with some kind of social activity. Here is my usual week,

Sunday - the start of the working week on the bus at 7am to DAGOC HQ1. Catch a connecting bus or car to DAGOC HQ6 which is the Athletes village where I’m now working. We could arrive anywhere between 7:30am and 8:30am which is a pain in the bum sometimes especially as its 50 degrees outside!! That is how my normal morning is. Sometimes my lovely neighbour Alberto will take Bec and I to and from the village which makes the day a lot easier to bear. He’s Italian and thanks to his driving we are able to navigate the crazy Qatari roads with much simplicity!! When making the mistake of driving passed your exit, simply reverse up the other side of it!!

All days at work are pretty much the same and each day I find myself looking forward to whatever activities I have planned for after work!

Sunday
- Football

Monday
- Golf driving range and free wine for ladies
- Trivia night

Tuesday
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Touch rugby

Wednesday
- Caporwera (don’t know how to spell it, the Brazilian martial art/ dance thing) heaps of fun!!
- Gym

Thursday
- Beach volleyball
- Party night as this is like ‘Friday night’

Friday
- Recovery and often to a pool somewhere or some other Doha excursion
- Dinner and more dinks sometimes
- Shopping
- Volleyball

Saturday
- Dinner
- Shopping
- Gym
- Hanging out

Well that’s about it, most days are pretty full. I have been here for 2 months now and I have not been home after work before 8/9pm once on a week day, its great as makes the time here go a lot faster. Does seem like a strange way to live, I look forward to the next social activity to get me closer to the end??

There’s a gym on the roof of our guest house which is great. The equipment is a little dodgy but does the job and nothing like an hour in front of MTV while you’re working out!