stop, stop, stop, I'm not in Doha, but my networking leads me to tell you this roughly:
- rosters are as good as you see them for the first time
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- days off are as good as they are (again) on the original roster. The next time you return to base, you may not find them elsewhere. If on days off, don't answer the phone.
- housing buying/renting is too expensive. It all depends what you can afford. Forget about buying.
- there aren't many places to go to. Sand dunes, shopping malls, hotel halls, restaurants. Fly out to Bahrain or the UAE. To get out of Qatar by land, you need to drive through Saudi until Bahrain and Qatar are linked by the causeway.