Chasing The Blue Beyond

Qatar Travel Learning Journey 🇶🇦 Discover Qatar An Interactive Learning Journey Through the Pearl of the Gulf 🎬 Featured: Living the Qatar Dream 🏜️ Chapter 1: Welcome to Qatar + The Land of Contrasts Qatar represents a fascinating blend of traditional Bedouin culture and ultra-modern luxury. This small peninsula nation has transformed from a pearling and fishing community into one of the world's wealthiest countries. ...

The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque is the main mosque in the Sultanate of Oman. It is in the capital city of Muscat. I am glad I was able to pay a visit to this magnificent building that dominates the Muscat skyline. The dome and the main minaret are the sites chief visual features. So are the varied gardens--- including these happy marigolds.  The chandelier above the praying hall, 14 meters tall,  is  bellissimo;  made in Italy by Faustig. It is the worlds largest chandelier. The prayer carpet  covers the floor of the prayer hall. It contains, 1,700,000,000 knots, weighs 21 tonnes and took four years to produce, and brings together the classical Persian Tabriz, Kashan and Isfahan design traditions. 28 colors in varying shades were used, the majority obtained from traditional vegetable dyes.  It is the second largest single piece carpet in the world. This hand-woven carpet was produced by Iran Carpet Company (ICC) at the order of the Diwan of the Royal Co...

The Qatar National Day marks the largest national march in the history of Qatar to commemorate the National Day today,  December 18th. Apache, F 15-QA and French Rafale made passes along the main grandstand corniche. The holiday gives a sense of national identity among locals and expats and gives an appreciation of Qatar's heritage, tradition and vision for the future.

The celebration leading up to the Qatar National Day on December 18th, kicked off  this weekend  at Darb El Saai. Here is complimentary ticket to cool with complementary  mojo on take off: Demonstrating the benign Classroom and Simulator training on Boeing's AH-64 Apache Helicopter and F-16QA Fighting Falcon. This leads to the Live Action Follow-On training  in The United States.