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Musheireb - now you see it, now you don't

Only a week separates these two pictures, taken from the roof of Doha Mercure (the Sofitel to its friends). That's how fast the old city is disappearing to make way for the new. The whole area from National to Boat Roundabout is now reduced to Rubble City. It's too late now, but somebody should have fitted a time lapse camera to Sofitel roof to record the disappearance of a city. A casual record can be found in the annals of this blog, but intermixed with so much fluff that I doubt it will ever feature in the National Archive.
On a happier note, The Paranormal blog will return to its roots this week, as Paraglider has a couple of days' work scheduled in Dubai.
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2 comments:

  1. Rupert Neil Bumfrey5 February 2011 at 15:33

    Why do you not have an Orkut link, then your return would be well broadcast? ;-)

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  2. Para Glider6 February 2011 at 06:38

    I'd need to find out what it is first - I'm still struggling with facebook and twitter!

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