"Let's not even go into what the legalised slave labour is payed in this country and the conditions they live in" There is no such thing as slave labour in any internationally approve country in the world as slaves are people who do not recieve a salary and not recieving a salary is internationally illegal (Go to the United Nations website to double check on what im saying)
"I can't even get my camera gear here let alone be prepared to pay what it would cost if it was." What is your camera model? It is a fact that not all models of technology are distributed internationally. For example I had a olympus camera that I bought 5 years ago and still have never seen it in Australia (because differen countries have different models and there are some models that are shared between most countries, so for example if Qatar had a certain model and the UK decided to never distribute it because the country's companies agreed to not import it does that mean that they are backwards? I wouldnt think so.
"Wii's and PS3's have not been available at all(I know theres been supply issues with Wii's but all my friends back home have got them, we ship stuff in)." I find this hard to believe because I have more than 100 cousins alone from my fathers side- half of which are males and Almost all of them have a playstation 3 (including two of my brothers and my sister)- none of them have mentioned that they found it hard to find or buy in Qatar. Also, my sister bought a wii more than a year ago and i was with her when she bought it0 i remember that they had it in pink and white.
"We have already covered the fact that Souk shopping for westerners does not yield the same prices" Its to do with the fact of bargaining, if you went with some good bargainers to the souk and learned some techniques from them then you would b able to get the same prices.
"I have been here over a 2 year period now and I've eaten in many different places. I have also watched the prices rise from what was "cheap" to what is very comparable with the US and even the UK." If prices are similar the US and the UK what is the problem? The US and the UK have taken more than 60 years to become the countries that they are today (some places in the US and the UK are sill not completely developed according to my standards). Qatar has become what it is today in approximately 6 years :) pretty amazing. Makes me wonder what Qatar will become in another 6 years.
"One day broccoli can cost me 18QR KG, for a couple of months 10QR and then sometimes 30QR." It's like that in Australia too very normal because it depends on the season and the availability of the product (prices of Bananas raised ridiculously to the extent it was put on the news for a couple of days in Brisbane because of the drought the were facing)
"love the life you live, live the life you love"- Bob Marley
"Let's not even go into what the legalised slave labour is payed in this country and the conditions they live in" There is no such thing as slave labour in any internationally approve country in the world as slaves are people who do not recieve a salary and not recieving a salary is internationally illegal (Go to the United Nations website to double check on what im saying)
"I can't even get my camera gear here let alone be prepared to pay what it would cost if it was." What is your camera model? It is a fact that not all models of technology are distributed internationally. For example I had a olympus camera that I bought 5 years ago and still have never seen it in Australia (because differen countries have different models and there are some models that are shared between most countries, so for example if Qatar had a certain model and the UK decided to never distribute it because the country's companies agreed to not import it does that mean that they are backwards? I wouldnt think so.
"Wii's and PS3's have not been available at all(I know theres been supply issues with Wii's but all my friends back home have got them, we ship stuff in)." I find this hard to believe because I have more than 100 cousins alone from my fathers side- half of which are males and Almost all of them have a playstation 3 (including two of my brothers and my sister)- none of them have mentioned that they found it hard to find or buy in Qatar. Also, my sister bought a wii more than a year ago and i was with her when she bought it0 i remember that they had it in pink and white.
"We have already covered the fact that Souk shopping for westerners does not yield the same prices" Its to do with the fact of bargaining, if you went with some good bargainers to the souk and learned some techniques from them then you would b able to get the same prices.
"I have been here over a 2 year period now and I've eaten in many different places. I have also watched the prices rise from what was "cheap" to what is very comparable with the US and even the UK." If prices are similar the US and the UK what is the problem? The US and the UK have taken more than 60 years to become the countries that they are today (some places in the US and the UK are sill not completely developed according to my standards). Qatar has become what it is today in approximately 6 years :) pretty amazing. Makes me wonder what Qatar will become in another 6 years.
"One day broccoli can cost me 18QR KG, for a couple of months 10QR and then sometimes 30QR." It's like that in Australia too very normal because it depends on the season and the availability of the product (prices of Bananas raised ridiculously to the extent it was put on the news for a couple of days in Brisbane because of the drought the were facing)
"love the life you live, live the life you love"- Bob Marley