Doha Airport

This is a first - I'm sitting on the Doha Airport floor writing a blog. :-) I'm not alone on the floor. There are people all around me. You see - I'm sitting next to a row of outlets. And everyone is desperatly looking for outlets so they can charge their phone or their computer. On top of that - everyone is surfing while charging since there is free wi-fi - EVERYWHERE!!! What is it with western countries that don't offer free wifi all the time? In Stockholm Arlanda I got 20 min of free wifi in the coffee shop after I registered. Here I get unlimited wifi with no registration. It should be free on ALL airports. People are bored on airports. They need wifi! I'm demanding free wifi on all airports!!!!

I tried to take a picture of this rather peculiar situation, but I didn't manage. So you just have to picture it in your head. I must look pretty funny. Only problem with this is that all the men (yeah - there are NO women) around me have taken off their shoes and let's just say that it doesn't smell like roses.

I have had my first flight with Qatar. Quite OK airline. The service wasn't too fast, but that I can survive. They also were not in total control of the special meal I had ordered. But also that I can survive. I have had worse flights. One funny thing - there was only one person that was drunk on the whole flight. That was (of course?) a Swedish guy in his 30ties. I will never understand people that like to travel without any control of their own behavior. For me traveling is serious business. So many things can happen and you have to make instant decisions that can end up to be quite expensive. And on top of that you are making a fool of yourself when you are the only drunk person among a couple of hundred sober people. So again - I don't understand…..

I have a 6 hours stop here in Doha. It was by choice. I could arrive in Sri Lanka 3 o'clock in the night and have a short stay in Doha, or arrive at 8 o'clock in the morning and have a longer stay in Doha. I chose the later. That also saved me one night of hotel expenses. Since I knew that I would have a long stay in Doha I downloaded a lot of podcasts an music. So the time has actually gone by quite fast. I have only 1,5 hour to go now.

Anyhow - I will continue at my arrival in Sri Lanka…..