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Just like most of greater Dubai, by all rights the Dubai Marina should not exist.  As such, it seems surreal when you first see it.  Built in the desert along what was once a vacant 2 mile stretch of sandy beach, it’s now a towering artificial canal city with a beautiful jumble of skyscrapers juxtaposed against the water.  

The construction project was complex and involved years of dredging and building, the construction still continuing.  When the building phase is finally completed, it will be the largest marina in the world (currently that title belongs to Marina del Rey in California).   The city of Dubai Marina can accommodate over 120,000 residents, many of them expats who enjoy the warm climate and …

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