Qatar Ŋutinyawo: Ẽ, Àte Ŋu Awɔ Qatar Le $150 Ŋkeke Ðeka Me—Xexlẽmenu La Le Esia

Ne ènɔ anyi le afi aɖe si le Dubai kple Doha dome eye nèle susum be du kae nàtia na wò yameʋu tɔtrɔ la, màga hiã be nàdi nu ake ne èxlẽ esia vɔ megbe o. Menye hakpanyaŋlɔlawo ƒe nyagbɔgblɔ tso Qatar si nye Middle East dukɔ majikɔ̃ aɖe ŋu ye nye esia o. Nusi wòhiã be yeakpɔ le gaƒoƒo blaeve-vɔ-ene me le Doha, neni wòxɔ, kple be ele vevie vavã la ƒe dodokpɔ le xexeame me ye nye esia. Nya ʋɔnu la gbã: ne èkpɔ gaƒoƒo enyi wu be yameʋu nava tɔ, eye wòlɔ̃ be yeaɖo go le yameʋudzeƒea la, ŋuɖonyaa nye—ẽ, ele vevie.

Qatar nye anyigbagole sue aɖe si ɖe ta ɖe Persian Gulf me, adado kilometrɔ 11,500—ele sue wu Beijing. Ezu dukɔ kesinɔtɔwo dometɔ ɖeka le xexeame le xexeame ƒe gas tsoƒe si lolo wu la ta eye wòxɔ World Cup si me duwo mesɔ gbɔ o la le ƒe 2022 me. Le ƒe 2026 me la, The Maroons—Qatar dukɔa ƒe bɔluha—gale ɖoɖo ƒe ave la dzi, eye Hamad International Airport si le Doha la gakpɔtɔ nye mɔ̃ si dzi agbanɔla geɖe siwo le Asia, Europa, kpakple Afrika dome to. Nya vevitɔ la: Qatar ƒe dzesi nye 'esi xɔ asi.' Gake ɖe dzesi ma le eteƒea? Gblẽm maɖo eŋu kple xexlẽmenu aɖe.

Geɖe me nya nyui gbãtɔ si ku ɖe geɖe mɔ ŋu la: Qatar tsɔa visa-famaxee alo visa-le-nuwuwu mɔ ɖe go na dukɔ siwo wu alafa me dzɔlawo—gabia le wò passport dukɔmenyenye ŋu hafi nàƒle tikiti. Tso Hamad International Airport yi du la titina dzi la nye tiatia le mɔnu eve dome: metro (yiyi ɖeka $3, Red Line tẽ yi Msheireb station, miniti blaetɔ̃) alo taksii (adado $15–25 le afi si nèyi kple ɣeyiɣi nu). Nye aɖaŋuɖoɖo gbãtɔ le esia: ne gaƒoƒo 24 pɛ koe nèle la, ƒle metro ŋkeke ƒe tikiti $3. Doha ƒe metro nye ameha zɔzɔnu siwo me kɔ wu le xexeame dometɔ ɖeka—nyemekpɔ avu kakɛ ɖeka hã le teasisiɖam la dzi o.

Ga 4 le ŋdi me le Souq Waqif. Ame geɖe ŋlɔna nu tso Souq Waqif ŋu le ŋdɔ alo le ɣetrɔ me yameʋuʋã. Maŋlɔ nu tso eŋu le ŋdi ga 4 me. Le ŋdi ga 4 me la, Souq Waqif le tutum. Atadi dzrala la nɔ eƒe agbado me, le Premier League gbugbɔgbugbɔ aɖe kpɔm le eƒe telefon dzi—Almoez Ali ƒe ŋkɔ le klitsu ɖem le screen la dzi. Dadi aɖe do tso akɔta ƒoƒo aɖe me, ekpɔm kple ŋudzedze, eye wòyi edzi le eƒe zã dzikpɔkpɔ me. Amedzro mamlɛawo le magnetwo kple abɔnuwo ŋu asi le kpem kple dzrala aɖe—'Etɔ̃ le ewo nu, asi mamlɛ, mele tutum fifia.' Ya la gakɔa lã meme kple tii vivivi ƒe akpa si manɔ yoyom keŋkeŋ o le gaƒoƒo eve bubuwo me. Souq le ŋdi ga 4 me la kpɔa nyateƒenya tɔxɛ aɖe—gaƒoƒo si do ŋgɔ na alɔ̃dɔdɔ—esime eƒe amadede kple ɣlidodo katã trɔ ɖe eme, eye wògblẽ ɖeɖitee ƒe akpa sue ko kple ɖoɖoe si nye Souq ŋutɔ tɔ la ɖe megbe.

Xexlẽmenu si wòhiã vavã na gaƒoƒo 24 Doha dodokpɔ la le esia: Hamad Airport yiyi kple gbɔgbɔ metro $6 / Museum of Islamic Art geɖe mɔ $14 / Souq Waqif ŋgɔ na ɣeɖedze ƒe detsiwo kple karak chai $7 / Ŋdɔnuɖuɖu: alẽ si woto ha kple machboos mɔlu le Al Terrace nuɖuɖudzraƒe $18 / Gbedada kple Inland Sea afã ŋkeke tsa (mɔfiala kpe ɖe eŋu, 4x4 gbedada dome ʋudede kple ahanono wo dome) $55 / Tsi, nuɖuɖu suewo, kple Souq ŋkuɖodzinu sue aɖe $12 / Katã = $112. Ẽ, nyemeɖo $112 hã o. Ne ède gbedada tsa la ɖa—nenye be gaƒoƒo 12 pɛ koe nèle—àte ŋu awɔe le $50 te. Ne èdi be yeanɔ anyi zã ɖeka le ɣletivi ene hotel me la, tsɔ $120–180 kpe ɖe eŋu. Gake ne ɣeyiɣi ɖeɖi koe nèle le yameʋu eve dome la, yameʋudzeƒea ƒe tsileƒe siwo me afɔku mele o kple ɖiƒewo nye nyui wu ale si nèbui—eye wo tso fe aɖeke mele wo ŋu o.

Khor Al Adaid, Inland Sea, nye anyigbaŋutinunya me nu si mele bɔbɔe o aɖe—gbedada dome to siwo dzina yi Persian Gulf ƒe blɔ gbadzaa la me tẽ. Esi Toyota Land Cruiser la tso gbedada dome towo dzi le angle 30 me la, ha si tso taksidzatɔ Hassan ƒe hadzigbãwo me la menye 'Middle East nɔnɔme' si nàbui o—Premier League nya gblɔgblɔ tso Brentford kple Crystal Palace ŋu wònye. 'Qatari tɔwo kpɔa nutoa me bɔlua ɖa?' mebiae. 'Ao,' egblɔ eye wòde asi ɖa ɖe gbedada si le taksia megbe la dzi. 'Qatari tɔwo kpɔa Premier League ko—negbe mía ŋutɔwo míeɖo World Cup la.' Ƒe 2022 ƒe domenyila menye Doha ƒe bɔluƒoƒewo ƒe aɖaŋudɔwɔwɔ me ko wòle o—ele ale si gbɔlawo le dukɔ sia me gakpɔa woƒe kadodo kple bɔlu la hã me.

Le ɣetrɔ ga 6 me la, metɔ ɖe Museum of Islamic Art ƒe anyigba yi ɖe dzi me fesre gãwo ŋgɔ. I.M. Pei ƒe geometric liƒowo kpa Doha dzifonu la ɖe foto si me nuwo nye bliboa me—le miame la, dhows xoxoawo nɔ ʋuʋum le bay la me; le ɖusime la, West Bay CBD ƒe galẽ ƒe dzedzeme le gbedada ƒe ɣeɖeɖe ƒe ahuhɔ̃e ɖem fia. Pakistani aɖe, si le xɔtutu dɔ wɔm, tɔ ɖe gbɔnye—egale keklẽ dem dzesi siwo le eƒe dɔwɔnu awudziwui dzi la dodo—eye wòle dzifonu ɖeka ma ke la kpɔm. Egblɔ nam be eƒe ƒe wuieve ye wònɔ Qatar eye wòwɔ dɔ le West Bay ƒe xɔ siwo le adado atɔ̃ la me. 'Ðe wò ƒomea va Doha kpɔa?' Eʋuʋu ta eye wòfia asi ɖe xɔ kɔkɔ siwo le godo la dzi: 'Wokpɔ foto. Naneke meɖi nu ŋutɔŋutɔ la o.' Ɣeyiɣi sia mele mɔzɔzɔ ŋumekunu aɖe me o, gake enye mɔzɔzɔ ƒe ŋkume nyateƒetɔ le Qatar—kesinɔnɔ ƒe akpa kemɛa nye ame siwo tua kesinɔnɔ la.

Trɔ yi Hamad Airport kple gaƒoƒo eve hafi yameʋu si gbɔna nava. Fe maƒe ƒe asitsaƒea nɔ Qatar dukɔa ƒe bɔluha ƒe abɔnuwo dom ɖe ŋgɔ—maroon goglotɔ, The Maroons ƒe dzesi si woto ɖe akpa dzi. Meƒle ɖeka. Menye be mele wo dzi ɖum o—ke boŋ be mewɔ gaƒoƒo 24 ko le dukɔ sia me eye mekpɔ nu geɖe wu nusi agbanɔla geɖe kpɔna: dadi si le ŋdi ƒe souq me, gbedada ƒe taksidzatɔ ƒe Premier League nya gblɔgblɔa, xɔtula ƒe dzifonu la, xexlẽmenu $112.

Eyata, ɖe Qatar le vevɩe? Ede asi le nu si wòtsɔ sɔnɛ ŋu. Ne èdo le Asia le agbɔtadzi be yeava dze mɔ̃e—negbe èle susu tɔxɛ aɖe si (Islamic art, gbedada me asaɖa, Formula 1), ŋkeke etɔ̃ le Doha ase le wò abe esi xɔ asi eye mele didi o. Gake ne èto yameʋu dzi le Asia, Europa, kpakple Afrika dome kple gaƒoƒo enyi va ɖo blaeve-vɔ-ene ƒe mɔnua—ŋuɖonyaa nye: do go le yameʋudzeƒea. Qatar menye agbe me zi ɖeka ƒe tsaƒe o. Gake ate ŋu nye wò agbeme yameʋu tɔtrɔ ƒe tsaƒe. Eye be nàzã $112 be nàna ɖokuiwò naɖo ŋku yameʋu tɔtrɔ aɖe dzi la nye nuɖoɖo si nye nyui ŋutɔ wu alesi nàmlɔ alɔ̃ le yameʋudzeƒe zikpui dzi gaƒoƒo enyi.