I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not the world’s most proactive blogger. But good things come to those who wait, and you – my humble, handsome readers – have waited long enough. Over the last 12 months, I’ve received literally zero requests for a blog update, so I know demand is high. In the immortal, poignant words of…
Before we begin, let me firstly apologise for not posting on this blog in over four months. To be brutally honest, I write for a living and often can’t be arsed doing it for free. Anyway, you’ve undoubtedly been wondering what’s been going on in my life (you’re only human), and I’ve been unfairly lazy. How do…
At the end of Namibia: Part 1, I left you on the edge of your seat. That’s just a fact. Our attractive, resilient and, above all, humble protagonist was tip-toeing around cow brains in Namibia’s sprawling Katatura Township, two days into a week-long African adventure with no clothes, no money and – let’s be honest…
Although the main reason that this post has taken over a month to write could easily be blamed on the fact that I’ve been playing Grand Theft Auto in my pants, the last four weeks have actually been pretty hectic. For starters, shortly after my last blog post, I experienced my first sand storm. Picture…
Don’t be fooled. The name of this site may scream ‘cheap 70s porno’, but is, in fact, a blog where I will be logging my experience of living and working in Dubai as a journalist expat. If you googled ‘Simon does Dubai’ expecting to get something less tasteful, I would like to firstly apologise – because,…
Simon does Dubai 