What we found were well-paved roads, which we circled in a steady rain, looking for a rugged trail.
Under a cloudless sky, the shady, stone-paved courtyard in which we were gathered erupted into mesmerizing drum beats and repetitive Arabic vocals as everyone began to worship Allah.
Qatar has more than 760 miles (1,230 km) of road, nearly all of which are paved.
The country has some 7,000 miles (11,000 km) of roads, one-third of which are paved.
The park itself has about 465 miles (750 km) of roads, some two-thirds of which are paved.
At first, he put his bed in the front room, facing Perry Street, which is paved with cobblestones.
She flipped the top of her lighter, which is paved with pink crystals, and started leafing through a copy of the July issue of Vogue.
I walked across the road to the head of the Emerald Pools Trail, a moderate two-mile loop (part of which is paved).
Most of the household activity took place on the "veranda," or unroofed front portion of the platform, which was paved with smooth basalt stones that had been transported from streambeds.
But over the past five years, Thailand's biggest construction company, ItalianThai, has cut a swathe through the jungle which, once paved, will cost roughly $1m per kilometre of road.
