Au Revoir Geneve

A photo gallery of my last few moments in Geneva. A sad goodbye...I tried to soak up every last minute I had in Geneva in Late November early December... it was a city I dearly loved living in hopefully I will be back someday. (click to enlarge any photo)

Genevois art?

or perhaps just a representation of those in the banking industry?

your guess is as good as mine...

My favorite street corner.

IOMBA class of 2007/2008 last goodbyes... a moment together for the few that remain in Geneva before we embark on our next journeys in life... one day later I would do the same with the Washington DC contingent of IOMBA... hopefully more IOMBA reunions to come all over the globe :)

The Doha Round

I realized as I passed through Doha for the second time that I never posted photos of my little Doha round (a day and and night and a day) that I did on my way to Indonesia in early August. So I thought I would post these with a few of my comments. They are not beautiful photographs by any means but it is such a different place from the usual places I encounter and they show what little I can of the 'round'.

My first view walking the streets of Doha... steamy... my camera never really took to the hot, hot, humid weather.

The market area... seemed mostly closed. I stepped in one shop that was open and the first thing they asked is what I was doing there and why was I not at the mall, I told the shopkeep I wanted to see Doha and he said Doha was at the mall.

I finally gave in and found my way to the mall (pictured here)... indeed, all of Doha was at the mall. I walked in and saw a KFC at one end and a KFC at the other... living in Europe it had been a long time since I had seen a KFC, but I hardly expected I the next time I would next run into such an American favorite would be in the middle east. Go figure...

The mall was full of western (European and American) brand shops like Esprit, Promod and Marks & Spencer, but also had some local shops like the one above. I was amazed walking around some shops I had been in only days previous in Geneva, they had the exact styles and fabric in their shops here except everything was long... long sleeved, long skirts, long capris.

A view of the mall, great for people watching...

The ice skating rink on the ground floor as seen from the atrium. Hard to believe I was out in that sweltering dust storm... no wonder the few people out on the street kept telling me I was nutty.

Under construction: Everywhere we went new buildings were sprouting, what an interesting time to be living in the desert.