Postcard Greetings from Doha, Qatar
Greetings from Doha, Qatar!! After my brief layover at Doha airport, I created these postcards as a way to remember what I experienced. It is also a way to share my memories with others.
Doha, Qatar airport
Airports used to be places where you simply passed through. The idea was to enter, check-in, board an aircraft, and leave. But modern airports are destinations where you could, rest, eat, entertain, pray, amuse yourself or simply lounge around. Doha’s Hamad International airport is one such destination. The airport opened for business in 2014 and when fully completed, it will be able to accommodate 30 to 75 million passengers per year. The airport is named after the former Emir of Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.
Destination airport
This is an awesome airport. Many people use it as a transit airport between their destinations in Europe and Asia. Some end up spending a night here. There are expensive airport lounges right here at the airport. If you can afford to spend $300 per night you can stay at the Oryx transit hotel at the airport. It comes fully equipped with an indoor swimming pool, fitness center, spa and 24 hour concierge. For those, who cannot afford such prices, there are comfortable lounge chairs at the ends of various terminals.
