Just walking around ...

sumazim
By sumazim

I'm planning to just walk around from my hotel (Souq Waqif area) all the way down to The Center (Ramada Hotel and Doha Jadida area) then back to Corniche. (I love walking!)

I google mapped my walking distance and path, and it looks good (like about 1 mile each direction).
Just curious if streets have side walks, or if this is recommended? not recommended?

By anonymous• 5 Mar 2010 11:38
anonymous

As flan said sidewalks are a foreign concept here, not always easy to walk.

"Live with passion, Die with style"

By MHDOZY• 5 Mar 2010 11:20
MHDOZY

walking is the best

By anieza1• 3 Mar 2010 09:39
Rating: 5/5
anieza1

no, it's not risky at all. it just may not be pleasant for a woman, with all the honking and shouting etc. But I still walk, I like walking and I just try to ignore the morons in cars....

and walking along Corniche is nice, but may get boring soon, and it's also denifitely not quiet with all the traffic...

By MHDOZY• 3 Mar 2010 00:56
Rating: 2/5
MHDOZY

walking here in Aatar should be between Nov till feb for the weather will be good for walking but after that it will get hot hot hot

By sumazim• 2 Mar 2010 23:35
Rating: 4/5
sumazim

some things never change, so women still get harassed, ha?

I'm a big fat man, people will be running away from me :)

I was thinking to walk from Souq Waqif down to The Center (Al Markaz) near Ramada Hotel, tehn walk back up. I miss those neighborhoods and want to see how they are now after 20 or so years ... but I guess that walk is a risk, no?

By plushed• 2 Mar 2010 18:23
plushed

"as long as you're not a woman" lol. i have to agree. i cant even stand outside our building to wait for a friend to pick me up. honking, even hollering. morons. even if i do wanna go for a walk, i cant go alone. *sigh*

"I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good, either."

By anieza1• 2 Mar 2010 16:52
Rating: 2/5
anieza1

oh, I've done that:) just the other way round, from Ramada to Corniche, to the souqs. and just as long as you're not a woman, it should pretty nice. :)

have a good walk then!

By cisclooney• 2 Mar 2010 15:46
Rating: 5/5
cisclooney

like marie_2 said. . . better walk in corniche

coming from suoq wakif . . .walk til the end of sheraton and back. . .you will enjoy it more

=) i walk/jog there a lot. . .coz i got bored at a sports center wherein you can walk/jog at their oval

have fun!!!

By PaulMartin• 2 Mar 2010 12:00
Rating: 5/5
PaulMartin

I walk around Doha a lot. Have to watch out for the traffic and side walks are sometimes more dangerous than the road itself. Its better to do it now because in a few months it will be impossible

By marie_2• 1 Mar 2010 21:06
marie_2

better walk in corniche... you'll even enjoy the view (?)

...listen to the sound of silence....

By flanostu• 1 Mar 2010 21:01
flanostu

sadly sidewalks are a foreign concept here.

By siyan• 1 Mar 2010 20:59
Rating: 4/5
siyan

it is highly recommended...;)

By azee• 1 Mar 2010 19:01
azee

You wont be able to find side walks all the way, though its off n on.

By KHATTAK• 1 Mar 2010 18:50
KHATTAK

Just beware of the Land Cruisers... rest is OKIE :D

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