This is a view of the city as it currently stands. Doha is in the middle of an amazing building boom right now. I heard the other day that there are over 120 high-rise buildings under construction right now. Walking through the downtown area and seeing all of the cranes is very impressive. This is only about half of the skyline, once I get a better computer setup, I will publish a view of the whole thing.

Part of the reason for the frantic building is the coming of the 2006 Asian Games in December. This is kind of like the "Asian Olympics" and is basically going to overrun the city for a couple weeks. Some of the new high rises are done and empty, waiting for athletes and press from the games, others are being worked 24/7 to be done in time. As you drive around the city it seems like everything is under construction. Qatar sees the event as its opportunity to make an appearance on the world stage and has its fingers crossed that everything goes smoothly.