The Summer heat in Dubai was making my weekly tennis matches a game more of perseverance, attrition, and stupidity than fun or skill. Rather than migrate to the air-conditioned squash court, a friend found a good tennis deal going at Dubai Sports World. To be clear, it is on planet Earth between June 21 and August […]
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Dubai touch footy
I played a game of touch footy this evening as a fill-in. The conditions were superb. So the weather was almost the opposite of two nights ago when I went for a run to the Burj Al Arab and back. That night I returned possibly three kilograms lighter from loss of fluids. Contradictory to this […]
Acceptance
The other day, in the face of a total lack of logic I found myself not willing to argue, disagree, or even comment. Instead I just accepted it as a standard Dubai thing I have grown accustomed to. It got me thinking of all the things in Dubai that we’ve found to be very different […]
Cricket in UAE schools
Cricket is already the second National sport of the United Arab Emirates, but only due to the expats. It would be nice to see more interest from Nationals. “Cricket should be introduced and encouraged in all schools of the UAE” Kapil Dev goes out to bat for cricket at UAE schools – The National Newspaper […]