Sharjah's Big Bus Tour. An Odd Little Thing...

London bus - London eye (Photo credit: @Doug88888)

So a friend has her mum out for a couple of weeks, right? And she decides to take her on the Big Bus Tour of Sharjah (only it's not called that, it's called something else. But you know what I mean). So she nips down to that most classic of Sharjah hotels, The Coral Beach, and she asks 'em if they've got any information on the big bus tour thingy.

She was given a piece of paper with, her words, my face on it.

Disconcerting stuff, eh? In fact she was given a printout of this here post I did on the City Sightseeing Tour of Sharjah. Being one of the few people in the world who don't avidly log in every day to see what half-thought I've jotted down and flung at the wall of this very blog - in fact, being unaware that I even had a blog - she found the whole experience bordering on the alarming.

I think it's quite charming, really. The post wasn't by any means a gushy endorsement of the tour - in fact I went to some length to point out the things it should encompass but in fact misses out. And yet that's what they're using to promote the gig.

I'm thinking of a book now. 101 uses for a marginal blog...