Well I'm finally here - a seven-hour plane journey after an 6.30am alarm call on Sunday morning and it's touchdown in Dubai.
As it was night when we arrived, there were two other officials and the entire Irish 7s team on my flight (to be sure), there wasn't that much to see, but the first thing noted on the drive to the hotel from the airport was the amount of construction going on.
And the hotel, for all it's five-star glory (including apartments bigger than my house) is surrounded by building work, but the location more than makes up for it - overlooking Dubai Marina and the Palm Jameriah (Google it if you're unfamiliar).
Dubai is a new city and now's not the place for a history lesson, but everywhere you look, they're building something - and you get the feeling hat whatever it is, it will be bigger and better than the last thing they built.
On arrival at the hotel, the lobby is jammed with officials, etc, checking in, so there's a multitude of new and old faces to say hi to, before a quick shower and adjournment to the bar.
And it's a brief adjournment at that - welcome to Dubai and it's bar prices!
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