Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category

We visited Qatar Distribution Company (QDC) this morning to see for ourselves what’s been keeping some people happy these past few weeks. Although the news of Pork products, namely Pork Bacon and Pork Sausages, in Qatar has been out the since middle of November, we weren’t really too excited. We’ve lived in Saudi for years [...]

If you have any visitors coming to Qatar, a trip to the Souq Waqif is a must. Not only would you see shops selling middle eastern spices and wares, you can also experience puffing Shisha and trying Arab Cuisine. As we waited for the GAMARJOBAT duo to do their stuff, Mavis and I decided to [...]

In brightest day, in blackest night, No evil shall escape my sight Let those who worship evil’s might, Beware my power… Green Lantern’s light! I have to say that this is a biased review because I am a fan of Green Lantern and read and followed his story in comics. For those who doesn’t know [...]

The Doha Food Festival being held at the Doha Exhibition Center started on February 23 but we only had time to visit the festival on its last day today (February 26). I’ve heard a lot of comments from people going to the festival through Facebook and Twitter and reviews had been mixed. We were supposed [...]

The small nation in the middle east called Qatar has done it! Qatar has won the rights to host the FIFA World Cup in 2022 and would play host to millions of football fans around the world! After eliminating the other contenders, it was the U.S. and Qatar who were fighting for the right to [...]


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It's been 6 years since the San Juan Family started their blog documenting their lives in this little spot called Qatar. Follow Chris, Mavis and Xianelle as they share what Doha has to offer.


  • xtian001: I like Bohol but love Palawan (Puerto Princesa). I usually do all the planning when we go on vacatio [...]
  • Jaimie Logan: Can you recommend a good local travel agency for this Bohol tour? Or did you just get there by yours [...]
  • Richelle: I have a flight on Thursday, 19 Jan 2012 from Doha to Manila and I called the customer service of Et [...]
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  • xtian001: @Donovan, what I can suggest is for you to gauge how much you would be saving after all the extra sp [...]