tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062806278483377538.post8254652931585503834..comments2024-03-28T13:53:05.219+00:00Comments on PARAPLEXED: The King is DeadPara Gliderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06615806398448197008noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062806278483377538.post-486288671537447472009-12-09T05:24:19.309+00:002009-12-09T05:24:19.309+00:00You're right about that stretch of B-Ring. It&...You're right about that stretch of B-Ring. It's a disaster in 'rush' hour. The new-old-Souq, as we call it is quite nice to take a visitor to for a meal, but it hardly passes muster as a souq any more. Someone should tell them that you can't build 'heritage'!Para Gliderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06615806398448197008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062806278483377538.post-76799739933721421822009-12-09T05:03:46.521+00:002009-12-09T05:03:46.521+00:00I was shocked last month to see how much of old Do...I was shocked last month to see how much of old Doha had been demolished. Even my former residence in the old German Embassy compound has fallen to the ravages of developmentitis. <br /><br />And I was ironically amused to note that Souq Waqif had been flattened to make way for, erm, Souq Waqif. Or is that SouqDisney[TM]?<br /><br />Meanwhile, the B Ring Road between Crayzee Signals and Jaidah Flyover remains untouched and unimproved, despite a design having been finalised since 1998.Grumpy Goathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07944514711900089561noreply@blogger.com