I expected Qatar to be full of dust and sand and muted colours. I expected opulence and glitz. I expected shisha. I expected tea. I expected souks. I expected dozens of skyscrapers.

I found all of that, but what I didn’t expect was the incredible architecture. The green spaces. The street food trucks. The turquoise ocean lapping at the shores of a ghost town filled with sand. 

Qatar was so much more diverse than I expected and I can’t wait to share why I fell so hard for this country. 

Today, I want to delve into what it’s like to travel there.