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Ryan
Does Qatar
As noted in previous editions
of The Vodkanauts E-News, keyboardist Ryan Arsenault got sent to the Middle
East for a month as part of his job as a contrator to the government.
The specific place he's at is the country of Qatar (pronounced like "cutter,"
not "guitar"). Read all about on this CIA-maintained (!) webpage.
When Ryan was asked to describe the Qatar Experience, words like "hot"
and "dusty" keep popping up, prompting images of Tatooine during
a heatwave.
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| Funny that Doha,
the capital of Qatar, kinda looks like the outskirts of San Antonio ... |
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| No, it's not the
Contemporary Hotel at Disney World that the monorail goes through ... though
it is a hotel, the freakin' Sheraton in Dohu. Pretty wild. |
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| Presumably, this
is where the Jedi Council meets to discuss "odd stirrings in The Force." |
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| Continuing with
the Star Wars references ... here's the antimatter reactor the Millenium
Falcon must blow up to destroy the new Death Star ... |
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| Sorry, Ryan - they're
not goth chicks ... |
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| If you like Pier
One, you'll LOVE shopping in Doha. |
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| See?!? |
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| Hanging at the Ninja
Temple Mall. Ryan is on the right and that's Army Staff Sergeant Chad Dehne,
a fellow analyst on Ryan's team, to Ryan's right. Photo by Army Staff Sergeant
Ignacio Meldrom - he's been in country for a little while and kinda has
the responsibility of driving folks around. |
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| Two dudes on a balcony. |
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| Part of the US's
new program of image improvement overseas ... NOT! |
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