Making Moves: Qatar

Living here you sense the underlying competition between different emirates. Abu Dhabi and Dubai compete over tourists and development projects. Bahrain and Dubai compete to be the financial capital of the Gulf. Qatar and Dubai compete over the creativity of their (sometime outlandish) development schemes. With Qatar, I usually end up feeling sort of sorry for them, as if somehow they just never beat Dubai to the punch. But this time they have. News of a 35km "cooled" biking path to be constructed in Qatar. And it will even be solar-powered. Bravo.