Last November I spent a month in Doha, Qatar and couldn't find anyone to practice with. So when I returned I decided to make a blog entry (see
here) lamenting the lack of ping pong there: the purpose being to garner Google hits for keywords "table tennis" and "Doha".
Well, the power of the internet should not be underestimated!
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For the record, Ashish, a fellow table tennis enthusiast currently working at Hamad Medical, and I played at the Qatar Bowling Center for an hour and half. The table fee there is 20 rials/hour.)
I wonder what the Olympic rings are doing there at the bowling center?
Update: Ping Pong paddle considered dangerous!
Leaving from Doha airport, my hand luggage was searched at the gate by Qatar Police. This was an additional security check since I was traveling to the United States.
I was most surprised to find that my ping pong paddle was singled out and removed. I was told it couldn't be carried aboard. A dangerous weapon perhaps? Go figure: my loop isn't good enough yet... Anyway, it had to be checked in separately as another piece of luggage.
So strange! Not even in the paranoid USA did the TSA cared even about my paddle...
Well, the power of the internet should not be underestimated!
(For the record, Ashish, a fellow table tennis enthusiast currently working at Hamad Medical, and I played at the Qatar Bowling Center for an hour and half. The table fee there is 20 rials/hour.)
I wonder what the Olympic rings are doing there at the bowling center?
Update: Ping Pong paddle considered dangerous!
Leaving from Doha airport, my hand luggage was searched at the gate by Qatar Police. This was an additional security check since I was traveling to the United States.
I was most surprised to find that my ping pong paddle was singled out and removed. I was told it couldn't be carried aboard. A dangerous weapon perhaps? Go figure: my loop isn't good enough yet... Anyway, it had to be checked in separately as another piece of luggage.
So strange! Not even in the paranoid USA did the TSA cared even about my paddle...
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