Well, it's been way too long since I've written in this blog. After a while I just ran out of new things to say. Work got in the way, the daily grind is not very interesting.

However, my original reason for doing the blog has come around again and so I thought I would give it another whirl. Yes, that's right. I've moved back to Doha. Crazy right? But it's for a great job and I liked it here the first time so what the hell, why not.

I've been back in Doha for a week and it's just like old times. I'm staying in a hotel in West Bay while the formalities are sorted with the appropriate government departments. West Bay is strange. There are buildings going up left right and centre, but the place is a ghost town at night. Seriously. I don't know who is going to live or work in these towers when they are done with them. The population here might have increased by 50% since I left 4 years ago (there is now about 1.5 million people in Qatar) but still there is too much space.

The best thing about this though is that it means that there is a serious glut on the market and I'm here at the right time to get a very good deal on housing. I'm going to start looking for a semi-permanent place in the next couple of weeks. The hotel is good, but I hate not being able to cook my own food.