offerton wire
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- 5 Apr 2006
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northstander said:offertonwire, be careful with your 16 year old, my sister lives out there and my niece and friends, 17 at time, were out on town and police raided bar, which they do often, and questioned them, niece only had coke ( drink ! ) her friend had alcohol and lied about her age, locked up for a week, her parents who worked there nearly lost jobs and thrown out of country, so they are quite strict.
Another word of warning is ; if using taxi's avoid the brown cabs, they're run by iraqis,iranians, strict muslims and if they smell alcohol can be arsy and take you to police for no reason. green cabs usually ok, but most of hotels in centre so hopefully not a problem.
i'll be there free accommodation and cheap flight via doha with qatar airlines.
Thanks for the advice Northstander, much appreciated