The changing face of Dubai

The old mainly 1950's -1990's development of the city centre of Dubai is concentrated along the creek of Dubai. Unprecendented speed of development has occured in the last 5 years with the building of highways along the coast towards Abu Dhabi. Along the highways and the coast a swarm of building underway with ambitious projects such as the tallest building in the world, Burj Dubai which is little more than two storeys high presently. The Dubai marina development is one of the biggest building sites in the world. Be ware, many of the hotels are located a stones throw from the site shown below. Make sure you do your research!