brief history
Submitted by simonsc on Wed, 2006-11-08 15:27.
The Asian Games began in 1913 as the Oriental Games. Every four years, a different Asian city hosts the Games. Doha, the capital of the Arabian Gulf kingdom of Qatar, is the first Arab country to host the Games, and only the second Middle East country to host, after Teheran, Iran hosted in 1974.
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I arrived in Beijing yesterday. Traveling on Korean Air was fantastic. It is how air travel used to be, something special.
Now it is 5 am local times. The Internet shop is open 24/7 and at this hour it is full of young folks gaming and watching movies. Some are asleep in front of blinking screens. It is a new world out here.