Filled up the car with petrol for the first time. The petrol stations consist of a few rows of pumps under a roof with various guys in blue overalls (the sub-continent expat uniform of choice) who fill the car with fuel and then happily take your money which then disappears into a pocket. Pumps look old and petrol is cheap… of course! From memory you can get two types of unleaded or diesel at the station we go to which is just around the corner (and beside the local KFC); all types of petrol cost the same amount – 0.70 QAR a litre. To give you a better idea, it costs 27 Riyals to fill the car… which all translates into about 25 Australian cents a litre!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This of course explains why there are so many cars on the road… and more importantly, so many BIG cars. It also explains why when people are waiting anywhere in their cars they just leave the engine (and air conditioning) going.
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