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circuit. Pearls gave the Gulf its former livelihood: buy a string at Gold City in Manama or
dive for your own off the
Hawar Islands
before flying on to
Doha
for four days.
Both pearls and black gold have helped Qatar, with its commitment to hosting interna-
tional sports, compete with the best. And what a venue Doha makes, with one of the most
spectacular modern skylines in the world built on land reclaimed from the sea. Visit
Khor
al-Adaid
in southern Qatar and watch the inland sea get its own back as it encroaches
ever deeper into the interior sand dunes.
