Where the streets have no name

[qatarperegrine]

This morning we were referred to an organization located on a certain street in Doha. We made several attempts to figure out where the street was, but no one we asked knew, and Google was (of course) no help. We called to ask for directions, but the directions they gave ("it's next to the petrol station") weren't quite enough.

Finally, we looked on a map and discovered... it's the street we live on.

That's what Doha's lack of signposts will do to you. I don't even know the name of my own street.

Comments

[roach2600.livejournal.com]

If you look at UAE from a distance on Google Maps, it looks like it might show some highways. Then you zoom in, and the highways disappear. Lame.

[qatar.livejournal.com]

Similar things happen here; I think they take the low-res satellite pictures a lot more frequently than the high-res ones. Makes sense, I guess.

[roach2600.livejournal.com]

sorry, I meant the map view, not the sat view

[qatar.livejournal.com]

Ooh, the UAE has a map view? Jealous!

When I said I consulted Google I actually mean I Googled the street name. Google maps is entirely unhelpful here, though the satellite view can be handy for giving someone else directions to someplace you already know.