Dubai Tennis

After some time at home I am back in the Middle East. I spent my first couple of days back here up in Dubai and went to see the Dubai Master's Tennis, which was amazing! We saw 3 matches, M. Djokovic (Djokovic's younger brother) v's  Golubev, Fish v's Beck, and lastly N. Djokovic v's Stebe, the latter being by far the best match with loads of rallies, Djokovitch beat Stebe after about an hour and a half. Watching tennis in Dubai is so much more relaxed than Wimbledon and we were lucky enough to get some great seats.  Here are some photo's of the day:

The stadium before it filled up.

 Fish serving.

Stebe and Djokovic.

We also visited the Dubai Marina, which is beautiful and peaceful. It was funny to see everyone relaxing with shisha pipes (fancy water pipes used for smoking flavoured tobacco) in the middle of the afternoon, hard life!

Its a lot cooler in Dubai than Muscat at this time of year and come the evening I was actually a bit cold! On our last day before leaving we went to see the fountains outside the Dubai Mall. In the evenings they are switched on every half an hour and 'dance' to music. It is almost like watching fireworks in the water.

Fountains outside the Dubai Mall and Burj Khalifa.

The Burj Khalifa in the evening.

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