Qatar Bishimbi: Eyo, We Bolwa Kupwa Qatar na $150 pa Difuku — Nonuaye Resu

Shi ushaleele pakatwa pa Dubai ne Doha ukeba kutongola bwilele bwa kupidika kwa lwendo lwobe lwa ndeke, k'ukebenga kabidi kukimba kunyuma kwa kutanga kino. Kino kakese sadiso ya bishima itala luse amba Qatar nkyo buloba bwa bwina bwina mu East ya Pakatwa. Kino nkikemo kya bubine kya kyobolwa kumona mu nsaa makumi abidi na inayi mu Doha, kya mushinga, ne shi kyampe mpatupatu. Lutombolo kumpala: shi uji na kukila nsaa mwanda ya kuleka pa lwendo ndeke ne uji na bumpanga bwa kufuma mu airport, lwaluvula bwaba — eyo, kyampe.

Qatar nkisanga kya kumina mulomo kilambe, bakataikye mu kalunga ka Perse, pakatwa 11,500 km² — kikeele kukila Beijing. Yalukile kimo kya bilomba bikile buheta pa buloba na mfuto ya mafuta a gas akile bunene mu nshilikishi, ne yalamikile World Cup ikile kubulwa mu binunu mu 2022. Mu 2026, The Maroons — kipanyi kya nshinta kya Qatar — babwela kabidi pa bukata bwa kutombola, ne Hamad International Airport mu Doha ishala bu nkamba ya bantu ba kwenda batwala bamwela bengidi pakachi ka Asia, Europe, ne Afrika. Lupangu lwa ntanshi: kapango ka Qatar nkwa 'bwingi bwa mbongo.' Anka ino kapango nkya bubine? Lekayi naluvule na resu.

Mukandu wampempe wa ntanshi pa mwailo wa kwingila: Qatar ipana visa-free nyi visa-on-arrival kwa bene-kisanga ba bilomba kupita nkama umune — bimwenenayi kabidi kulonda bunsha bwa kikalashi kya bukalabakwa kumpala kwa kudia tiketi. Kufika kufuma ku Hamad International Airport kufika ku pakachi ka bwilele nkutombola pakachi ka mashinda abidi: metro (lwendo lumune pakatwa $3, Red Line mololo kufika ku stasyo ya Msheireb, minite makumi asatu) nyi taxi (pakatwa $15–25 kulonda kifulo ne nsaa). Nonuaye languluko lwami lwa ntanshi: shi uji na nsaa makumi abidi na inayi apopwe, ula tiketi ya metro ya $3 ya difuku. Metro ya Doha mmushindo umune wa muntu-muntu ukile kunengeka mu nshilikishi yoso — kankamwenepo kipande kya busende pa quai.

Nsaa inayi ya dituku ku Souq Waqif. Bantu bavule basonekanga pabitale Souq Waqif mu nsaa ya nkome ya difuku nyi ya kundongola. Nkya kusoneka pa nsaa 4 ya dituku. Pa nsaa inayi ya dituku, Souq Waqif nkujibwa. Mupano-bilungo mushale mu shitolo dyandi, utala mubwelopo wa Premier League pa telefone — dîna dya Almoez Ali dipelangana pa ekràn. Pusi ifuma mu butandashi bwa matapi, intala na diso dya kwisungila, itwela mu kitendelo kyayo kya bufuku. Ba-touriste ba kumpela bashintanga na mupano pa bishikilo ne bikopa — 'Bisatu pa dikumi, mushinga wa kumpela, nkujiba leelo.' Luji lukidyakwete na kishalelo kya nyama yakashilwe ne tchai ya sukadi kebikapwepo mpatupatu kwa nsaa ikwabo. Ku souq pa nsaa inayi ya dituku kuji na bupole bukata — nsaa imune kumpala kwa kufunga — mpamutale onso ne kudila bibandye munda, bushiye apopwe kileki kimo kya buteke ne kishinkano kikata kyadi kya souq mwine.

Nonuaye mushinga wa bubine wa kikemo kya Doha kya nsaa makumi abidi na inayi: Hamad Airport metro lwendo lubidi $6 / Museum of Islamic Art lukumo lwa kwingila $14 / Souq Waqif bitende ne karak chai kumpala kwa kutweela $7 / Bwakulya: nyama ya mukoko yakashilwe na mushinso wa machboos pa Al Terrace restaurant $18 / Desert ne Inland Sea lwendo lwa kipindi-lutwe (na mulomboledi, kusela 4x4 ne bintu bya kunwa) $55 / Mema, byakudia bikeele, ne kishintano kikeele kya ku souq $12 / Mushi = $112. Eyo, kankafikilepo nansha $150. Shi uleke lwendo lwa desert — padi uji na nsaa ikumi ibidi apopwe — we bolwa kupwa na kupela kukila $50. Shi ukenza kwikala bufuku mu hotel ya bitongwa binayi, wingila $120–180. Anka shi ukupwa kyondo apopwe pakachi ka mande ke abidi, bifulo bya kusambila bya spa ne bifalo bya airport nbya buntu bikile kwikala byampe kunkatshinya kukyopwandikila — ne bya buntu.

Khor Al Adaid, Kalunga ka Mukati, nkintu kya kikalashi kitadila — bilundu bya musense bishinta mpatupatu mu mema a blue makupu a kalunga ka Perse. Pa Land Cruiser ya Toyota yapasukilanga mu musense na busitu bwa madigré makumi asatu, nyimbo yafuma ku mikandu ya mukwata-mushingi Hassan kadiyo 'mushinga wa East ya Pakatwa' wabadi kudila — adi mwa Premier League ya Brentford nsolwe na Crystal Palace. 'Shi ba-Qataris batalanga league ya kisanga?' Napwishe. 'Kipapi,' wasapula, ukalombola desert mu kitale-meso kya kunyuma. 'Ba-Qataris batalanga apopwe Premier League — kushii nsaa twabene tupanganga World Cup.' Kileke kya 2022 ke mu majengo a stadia ya Doha apopwe — nkimu mu mushindo bantu ba dituku dyoso ba mu ino mbulamatadi abelongolwanga bukalanga bwabo na football.

Pa nsaa isambombo ya nkome, naimene kumpala kwa bipupa bya windo kufika-nshi kufika-peulu bya Museum of Islamic Art. Mikanda ya I.M. Pei yakokele kubanga kya kibundi kya Doha mu kintu kyampe — ku lumoso, madhow a kala alapotanga mu kale; ku lulume, bifwatulo bya vitre bya West Bay CBD byakopeshanga dinonga dya desert dya diyu. Mufubi wa kukenga wa Pakistani waimene pafupi nami — adi mukidyakwete mikanda ya bifwakwa bya mudimo — ukitala kubanga kya kibundi kifwanine. Wansapwile amba adi mu Qatar myaka ikumi ibidi, wafubilenga mpa bipela-bipela bitano bya bitumba bya West Bay. 'Shi kisamba kyobe kibakafikapo ku Doha?' Watushishe mutwe, walombola ku bitumba bikata panze: 'Bamwene bifoto. Kakisha bu kyabwine.' Uno ntambo kawela mu buku dyoso dya bulomboledi, anka nkwa kyanya kya bubine kya kwenda mu Qatar — lusela lwa buheta nkubantu bakenganga buheta.

Kubwela ku Hamad Airport na nsaa ibidi kumpala kwa lwendo lwa kulonda. Shitolo dya duty-free dyasashanga bikopa bya kipanyi kya nshinta kya Qatar — maroon munda, kibumbo kya The Maroons kisonweke pa musongo umune. Napote umune. Kadi mwanda nkwi musungi wabo — anka mwanda napeleshe apopwe nsaa makumi abidi na inayi mu ino mbulamatadi, napakubona kikile byo bamwenanga bakupita-bakupita ba mande ke avule: pusi ya ku souq kumpala kwa kutweela, bitungunuka bya Premier League bya mukwata-mushingi wa desert, kubanga kya kibundi kya mufubi wa kukenga, resu ya $112.

Nanshi, Qatar nkyampe? Yatala kyo uyipatanisha nakyo. Shi ufika pano kufuma Asia bwa malo adenke — kushi shi uji na kintu kikile kukukata (bya ndimi bya Islam, kufunga mu desert, Formula 1), mafuku asatu mu Doha abadi kumoneka bu na mushinga ukata ne mafuku mapeela. Anka shi upitanga pakachi ka Asia, Europe, ne Afrika na windo ya nsaa mwanda kufika makumi abidi na inayi — lwaluvula nkwamba: fuma mu airport. Qatar kebuloba bwa kufika kimye ne kimye kya binyende. Anka ibolwa kwikala buloba bwa lwendo lwobe lwa kuleka pa mande ke. Ne kupwa $112 pa kukebula muntu eyibukye kuleka mande ke nkyabintu byampe kukila kulala ku kipuna kya airport kwa nsaa mwanda.