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21-MAR-2015

Souk doors, Al-Wakrah

On our way back to Doha we stopped at Al-Wakrah, a seaside town that had an old souk under restoration and a promenade full of outdoor cafés. Apparently it’s the “in” place for city folks to come and unwind. I tried to get some pictures of Qataris since most of my previous galleries of Doha are only architecture. It’s just hard to do that in a country where people don’t want to be photographed and you don’t want to draw any more attention to yourself than you already have. Anyway, I guess I got the backs of some people while there ;-).

Doors at the souk, which is undergoing restoration. Apparently they decided to make the old souk into a tourist destination due to the phenomenal success of Souq Waqif in Doha.

Fishing boat at Al-Wakrah, posted earlier:

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Zoltán Balogh04-Oct-2015 12:26
Perfect capture, I love the way you composed it! V
Julie Oldfield01-Oct-2015 03:27
Excellent work. V
Gill Kopy01-Oct-2015 01:21
Neat shot - am guessing these are doors for merchants to receive deliveries ?? No numbers or identification ! The children make a great addition to the shot V
Ton T.30-Sep-2015 14:06
Great point of view! Love the children in the image V+
marie-jose wolff29-Sep-2015 08:28
beautiful and colorful, great perspective! V