I found it really good - perfect weather after the storms earlier and good variety of entertainment and food options. Also appeared to be a lot more freebies this year (spin the wheel sort of things). DH / I had a decent haul of freebies including : dinner for 4 at Thai Orchid, 2 x 250dhs vouchers from MMI, 1 x free entry to Kidzania, 1 x free game of bowling at yalla bowling, 12 free coffees at Costa (giving them away liberally), dinner for 2 at Nobu.
So overall, well worth the trip and we have plenty to keep us going over the coming weeks!
how was it this year?
Similar to last year I'd say. I went on two days and on the whole I enjoyed it but found that once again the naff retail stalls far outnumbered the restaurant outlets. Far too few benches & sun shades for the number of people that come too! It was a good atmosphere though, and it's always nice to see such a mix of people out (families, couples, groups of friends, lots of different nationalities etc). Lots of cooking demos etc too, and reasonable entertainment from the stage (but whoever had the idea to give audience members a microphone to sing needs to rethink!)
.png "Interview With Expat Saanika Gandhi, Author of Children's Book 'The Yellow Kite'")
