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(24 Nov 2022)
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Al Khor, Qatar – 23 November 2022
++DAY SHOTS++
1. Various of Al Khor camp site, tents, people in campsite
ANNOTATION: For scores of football fans, the road to the World Cup starts every morning at a campsite in the middle of the desert.
ANNOTATION: In Al Khor, there are no locks on tents nor beer on tap. Some are in for the adventure, others complained about the transportation arrangements.
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Andro Chavez, Mexican fan:
"We just spent our first night here in this area. It's very far from Doha, it's like an hour away from Doha, but it's nice. It's a different, it's a different experience. Like, you're staying in the beach, staying in a tent."
3. Fans at campsite
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Paola Bernal, Mexican fan:
"If you go into transportation they provide, it's like a mess, because you have to take one bus, then another bus, then get to the Lusail train station."
5. Exterior of Al Bayt Stadium as seen from moving car
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Doha, Qatar – 23 November 2022
++NIGHT SHOTS++
6. Queue at reception
7. Various of signs at Free Zone fan village
8. Queue and suitcases at reception
ANNOTATION: At the Free Zone Fan Village, fans were lugging suitcases across artificial turf under the glare of stadium lights.
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Aman Mohammed, Indian fan:
"A little messy. You see. (Pan to man giving thumbs down, pan back) I absolutely agree with him. All messed up. This place, totally messed up. Hospitality is very poor. Very poor. We came here in the morning, but we stood on a queue for a very long time just to get our rooms. And when we got our rooms, it was all messy."
10. Man walking by row of container rooms at fan village
11. Sign reading (English) "Cheer Up"
ANNOTATION: The manufactured cabins are some of the cheapest available accommodations, starting at roughly $200 a night.
STORYLINE:
For scores of foreign fans, the road to the World Cup in Doha starts every morning at a barren campsite in the middle of the desert.
Visitors who found hotels in central Doha booked up or far beyond their budget have settled for the faraway, dust-blown tent village in Al Khor, where there are no locks on tents nor beer on tap.
Others simply wanted an adventure.
On Wednesday, a DJ blasted electronic dance music as a smattering of fans lounged on beanbags, sipped sodas and gazed up at screens, around an hour from Doha.
Some said they enjoyed the setting but lamented the transportation arrangements.
"If you go into transportation they provide, it's like a mess, because you have to take one bus, then another bus, then get to the Lusail train station," said Paola Bernal from Mexico.
Meanwhile at the Free Zone Fan Village, in the desert south of Doha, fans were lugging suitcases across large swaths of artificial turf under the glare of stadium lights.
The manufactured cabins are some of the cheapest available accommodation, starting at roughly $200 a night.
"Hospitality is very poor. Very poor. We came here in the morning, but we stood on a queue for a very long time just to get our rooms. And when we got our rooms, it was all messy," said Aman Mohammed from India.
Every few minutes, low-flying planes roar over the village to the old airport, which has been reopened to handle daily shuttle flights to the tournament.
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