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Down memory lane the 'Emerald City'

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Mt Rainier with Reflection Lake in the foreground in Seattle, Washington State. [ XN Iraki, Standard]

What would you expect if you returned to a place 20 years after you left? If the place is Kenya, especially Nairobi, the answer would be "unrecognisable."

There are new roads and skyscrapers, but the same people. I hope the new constructions consider heritage buildings, some more than a century old.

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