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It could have been so easy to jump back onto the Pacific Highway for the straightforward three hour drive back to Sydney. I had just spent a wonderful few days, in between Christmas and New Year, in Port Macquarie with long-time good friend Brian Johnson and his wife, Suzie. It had been raining the day before and the weather, while muggy, was still a little inclement but that was not about to spoil my plans. So I thought, ‘No’ I’m going to take my time in heading back to Sydney. I’ve ...

You have never seen so many camels, well I haven’t, since we actually stumbled upon the village of Al Shahaniya, where Qatar’s popular camel racetrack is situated. To be honest, we were looking for a unique car museum but then found ourselves gripped by the sight of so many camels. It was about a 45-minute drive out into the desert from Doha and with professional camel racking having begun in Qatar in 1972. Eoin Clarke and I wandered about the camel paddock taking photographs and recording ...

  You have never seen so many camels, well I haven’t, since we actually stumbled upon the village of Al Shahaniya, where Qatar’s popular camel racetrack is situated. To be honest, we were looking for a unique car museum but then found ourselves gripped by the sight of so many camels. It was about a 45-minute drive out into the desert from Doha and with professional camel racking having begun in Qatar in 1972. Eoin Clarke and I wandered about the camel paddock taking photographs and ...

Still catching up with my travels in this the fourth of four tournaments in succession to commence 2016. I posted pics of our visit last week to Doha’s exciting Souq Waqif and here’s the link to that ‘Life On Tour’ story:- http://www.golfbytourmiss.com/2016/01/dohas-souq-waqif-so-many-wonderful-sights-sounds-smells/ Now for your viewing pleasure is a couple of videos from our night out in the Souq.

It has been probably over a dozen years since I last ventured to the Doha Souq or to use its correct term – Souq Waqif that is Arabic for ‘standing market’. So in the company of Sue, our dear friend and landlady for the week, along with leading European Tour photographer, Eoin Clarke, we headed off for a close-up inspection. The souq is located among a wonderful array of streets and back alleys in the old town of Doha and features traditional garments, spices, handicrafts, and ...

It has been five years since my one and only visit to Bahrain. That was in 2011 for the inaugural Volvo Champions event at the Colin Montgomerie designed Royal Golf Club, and won by England’s Paul Casey. I was fortunate also to play the course on the Monday after the tournament and the striking memory of the course was the site of oil pipelines running through the course, and also in a number of the suburban streets around the city, and such is the nature of the oil-rich nation. However it ...

The first tournament of the New Year provided a few firsts. A first flight on Sri Lankan Airways and very pleasantly surprised and a first visit to Sri Lankan, and albeit 2 1/2 hour stop-over at Colombo Airport. And one of the first sights within the Colombo Airport terminal is the number of tea shops. Of course, tea production is one of the main sources of foreign exchange for Sri Lanka (formerly called Ceylon), and accounts for 2% of GDP, contributing US $1,527 million in 2013 to the economy of ...