This is the road along to the main entrance of the boy's school. The two arches to the left are the gateway to Al Jazeera Academy. The wall to the left just beyond is Park House's wall which leads to the security guards and the entrance way to Park House English School. All of the schools and compounds have security guards - not that it is a dangerous country, it is very safe here with a much lower crime rate than New Zealand. However a couple of years ago there was a suicide bombing in Doha and since then security has been generally ramped up everywhere. When I was investigating the American School as an option for the boys the security was unbelievable there. I had to hand in some ID at the gate, give the name and appointment time of the person I was seeing at the school which was then verified by the security guards, was escorted to and from the school office and was given my ID back as I left the school. A bit different from Ohope Beach School and Whakatane Intermediate.














You will see a gateway to the right also - this is the exit gate for the Pakistani School. You might be able to see one of the parent's cars from the school hurtling at speed through the gate into the roadway. Because the schools are so close together, the start and finish times are staggered. You don't want to be around when the Pakistani School finishes, the driving around the school freezes the blood.