Realistic Photography Editing :)

My friend took this photography of me while we were travelling in Morocco.

It's a pretty neat picture. Me while I'm doing some of my favourite things, juggling and travelling, with the beautiful Sahara Desert behind me.. I loved it but something felt off. Since I'm also interested in Photography and Editing I decided to use good old Photoshop and try to improve it a bit. The end result was this:
Now, you can really see in a much more realistic way how beautiful the day was.
I felt satisfied with the result but give me your opinions on how it could be better!
For better comparison:

So, I was thinking, if enough people are interested and upvote this post, I will make a Video Tutorial on how you can do this to your own pictures yourself :)

Disclaimer: I am not a professional. I do not claim to be all knowing or perfect in this art. I like to share knowledge to people that are interested in learning or also sharing knowledge.