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Happy Last Year

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2016 has been A Magic Carpet Ride. Happy New Year? Happy Last Year! ▼    September 2016  (8) Rome Sweet Rome-Up On The Roof Venice, Italy-Picturesque Floating City Vigo, Spain-Seas The Day Lisbon- Eat Pray And Fly Channel Islands-Guernsey Brooklyn, New York-Sail Away Mid Atlantic Ocean-At Sea Southampton, UK-QM2The English Channeler ▼    August 2016  (7) Arundel, UK -Greener Pastures Greece-Nafplio Palamidi Fortress Corinth-Ancient City Mykonos Steeplechase Cyprus-DIGGING it Crete-The Big Island Greece-An Instant Classic ▼    July 2016  (3) Dubai I Vote For -Emirates The U.K. England-Rainy Day Mid West Tour- The Heartland Of America-IN,OH,KY,I... ▼    June 2016  (4) Chesapeake Bay, MD-Sailing The Manhattan Project-Unique New York Annapolis, MD--- US NAVY-Tradition Never Graduates... The U.K.-Fields Of Gold ▼    April 201...

Yachta.Yachta.Yachta-Q Is For Qatar

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In  Doha, Qatar's capital, entire new neighborhoods have been built  on land reclaimed from the sea. And the buildings have one thing in common: Bling. We are lucky to be living HERE at The Pearl Quarter. From A to Z What a year it has been: - Annapolis, MD to Livingstone Zambia ... We missed ONLY one letter Q, hence  Q atar, a tiny, oil-rich country wedged between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Doha's skyline looks like it was designed by architects who didn't talk to each other, didn't like each other, and engaged in experiments they could never get away with at home. And a Qatari can live anywhere without ever leaving home. A virtual Venice is around the corner. Rodeo Drive is down the block. And there are world-class restaurants in the ancient Arab souk, which was rebuilt as well. Qatar's 250,000 citizens are, quite literally, the richest people in the world and very content with their lives in this oil-and-gas-rich speck of a nation. It's a great place to be as w...