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I’ve been blogging about Dubai for over a month now and today will be my last post on the city.

As we went around, I tried to remember how things were so that I could describe the changes to M.

In 20 years time, it may be harder to see the evolution. So M. decided to preserve a few shots of Dubai in 2010 to make the comparison easier!

Dubai's 'Clock Tower roundabout', one of the oldest landmarks in the city. (©MRandin)

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Someone decides to put “miracle grow” on the buildings

At one time, the Dubai World Trade Centre, with its 39 floors, was the tallest building in the city.

Image Credit: Gulf News Archive

Here's a photo taken by my mum on a helicopter ride in the 1980s. These were the only buildings around the Dubai Trade Center at that time. (Image Credit: Antoinette Martin)

Today, the Burj Al Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, has blown the competition out of the water. And as you can see from the photo b

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