An idiots guide to smoking shisha. With your mum.

Abu Dhabi, UAE
Day 2

Well my mum joined me in the UAE this morning and we checked into the Oryx hotel in down town Abu Dhabi.

After basically faffing around all day (visiting the Marina Mall, drinking beer in cheesy hotel bars) we ended up at the roof top bar of the Mecure Hotel smoking shisha.

A stout gentleman set us up with two of the fantastic pipes; mine with watermelon flavored tobacco and Mary with double apple. I don’t know what the difference between apple and double apple is, probably doubly carcinogenic.

Despite being amazingly bad for you, smoking a shisha is very relaxing and the flavored tobacco is pretty damned delicious.

Here's a tip: It makes you feel extra "Middle Eastie" if you drink thick Turkish coffee or mint tea while you smoke your shisha. 

A hazy start to day two.

The sun sets on a day of faffing around.

Coals burn in the top of my shisha pipe.

Mary with her apple flavoured shisha.

We immediately lost all our local shisha smoking cred' after opening a map on the street outside the hotel.