Hotel @nyware

Doha's most luxurious hotel is stunning. It takes the WOW factor to a new level. It brings a touch of old Hollywood chic  and Alice in Wonderland Mad Hatter  together  for a reunion of competing energies.  With pop art murals and grandiose chandelier fixtures, a 24-karat gold elevator, a 3 story  floating spiral  staircase.,  a psychedelic rooftop pool, and 360-degree views of the Qatari capital, it is pure indulgence.   Here are a few  freeze-frame photos  but you  have to pay a visit and undergo with your own eyes  to feel the effects somaticly. Once again Qatar, you are the best in the world at doing rich.

Loving it and Living it, The dream that is--with eyes wide open. Qatar has its privileges and one of them is seeing the vivid visual landscapes that seem more like mirages. Opening soon- is the mantra and the whole city is under construction.  New roads are literally being created week to week. These infrastructure ventures are heroic, from building a new metro rail system to highways and expressways to connect the region.  I had a joke about construction but I am still "working on it". Tawar Mall Opening

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari There is the tyrany of NOW verses the power of YET A teacher should always be a student of life.   As an Expat,  EVERY DAY I  have to go out of  my  mind to come to my senses. I choose Travel to do just that, and it  offers a Eureka  moment where becoming is better than being. If money is life's report card, I am giving myself a grade of "not yet" — America always offers that pat on the back, that nudge--- "You’re not yet there. But you will be, you can be; just keep going.". Now that I am enough , there is enough in  Doha, the richest country per capita, in the world.  I am in front of a sports car (not mine)- reminding myself that the best things in life aren't THINGS---they are people and places. I have chosen a life of "purchasing experiences" rather than stuff. It has made all the difference. Still, my  inner neanderthal   has,  on occassion,  jumps  in a sports ...