Qatar Airport

An extra hour on the tarmac in Boston, and 12 hours in the air... and we made it to Qatar!

The famous "Lamp Bear" in Hamad Airport, Doha, Qatar.
Ya, I don't get it either.

Most agreed that it was a fairly pleasant flight, really nice plane, not too bumpy, plenty of movies, pretty good food...(Although my "breakfast" this morning was a bit unrecognizable... The steward didn't even know what it was, but I finally settled on calling it blueberry pancakes.  I didn't finish.), punctuated by Leyna's repeated refrain of "the bridge is going to be repaired by the time we get there."

We arrived in Qatar just before 7pm.  Everyone is in good spirits.  From the window in the airport, it seems dusty, smoggy, poor visibility, but we likely won't go outside.  Quickly through security, and after a bit of walking, we set up camp at a table near the food court.  This way we can explore the airport in groups, so we don't have to carry computers, auto-level (bringing for our surveying project!), etc.  We will leave Qatar at about 2am local time, and arrive in Kathmandu before 10am.  Almost there!