Off season 2012

[marathondan]

Good God man, what's come over you? Explain yourself! You can't just throw a comment in like that without explanation!

It's actually quite beneficial for a solo work trip. There's no temptation to sit in a bar and sink a medicinal pint or 5, and I can remain able to do some useful things in the evening, such as go for a run or post on here (or even, shudder, work). After a couple of evening forays around the streets, I'm starting to quite like the well-behaved atmosphere - everyone is talking quietly, children are behaving, there are no lairy groups of young drunken adults (of either gender) and no semi-nudity (of either gender). Strangely refreshing. I wonder how much is voluntary though, and how much is subtle repression.

Anyway, I'm out for dinner in boozy Dubai tomorrow night before a 3am flight home, so I have plenty of chance to make up for it.