Burj Khalifa

I don't know what to say about Burj Khalifa. Of course it's impressive. Just knowing you're inside the tallest building in the world is enough. There it stands. Towering above everything and rising up into the clouds like Jack's beanstalk.

The light shows at night are amazing. I got to see it from all angles during the day and at night while going by metro or by car. It's a sight to behold!

I went up to the 124th and 125th floors. The lifts to go up are quite cool with an electronic display and timer.

The lift takes you from floor 1 to 124 in one minute to the accompaniment of a good soundtrack.

Inside you can walk out to an outdoor viewing platform-like structure from which you can take photographs. Dubai stretches out before you for miles. A mix of stretches of sandy desert and high rise buildings and to one side the sea shore. You can also walk around the floor inside the building and up to the 125th floor.

There's a gift shop on both floors and some really annoying camera crews who try to rope you into taking photographs. I didn't stay to find out whether an arm and leg would be required on top of the AED185 entry ticket.

The 125th floor has a postbox from which I sent postcards to my sister and to my best friend. At 456m above sea level, it was definitely the highest postbox I've ever used 😎