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Qatar Airways Stopover in Doha: How It Works & Our Experience

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When booking our Qatar Airways flights from Lusaka to Kathmandu, we realised we had an easy opportunity to visit another country along the way.

Our route already took us through Doha, and Qatar Airways allows you to book a longer stop in the city through its Qatar Stopover programme. We chose to spend three nights in Qatar before continuing to Nepal.

We were flying Business Class, and when we compared the options, choosing a three-night stopover didn’t change the price of our flights. We simply had to pay for our hotel and what we spent while we were in Doha.

For us, three nights was enough time to explore the city without adding too much time or expense to our journey from Zambia to Nepal.

There was just one thing we hadn’t planned perfectly: we visited in July. And Doha in July is very, very hot.

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Kibiji Cycling Route Rentals: A Day Trip from Okayama

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The Kibiji Cycling Route was one of the easiest and most enjoyable day trips we did from Okayama. It is flat, well signposted, simple to organise by train, and gives you a completely different side of Japan: rice fields, quiet lanes, working farms, old shrines and a five-storied pagoda rising above the countryside.

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Is Tottori Worth Visiting on a Japan Trip?

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Tottori is not a city packed with endless sights, but it does have one very clear reason to visit: the dunes. Huge sand dunes rolling down towards the sea are not something you expect to find in Japan, and that alone makes Tottori feel different from anywhere else we visited.

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Lake Toba & Samosir Island: Is It Worth Visiting?

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Lake Toba was probably the place we connected with least during our time in North Sumatra.

That’s not to say it isn’t beautiful. It absolutely is. The enormous volcanic lake, green hills and traditional Batak villages make this one of the most distinctive landscapes in Indonesia. But after spending five nights on Samosir Island we came away with mixed feelings.

For some reason, the atmosphere just felt a little off to us. We also found people noticeably less friendly than elsewhere we’d travelled in Indonesia, where we’d become so used to incredibly warm and welcoming interactions.

We’re still glad we visited, though. Lake Toba gave us a completely different experience from Bukit Lawang and Berastagi and introduced us to the culture and traditions of the Batak people.

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