Adventures in the Middle East: The tallest building in the world!!!

Dubai's motto should be, "Another one for the record books." So many of the main attractions in the Dubai are about being the biggest or the best in the world. The Burj Khalifa is no exception. At 2,717 feet the Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world. Will and I were not completely thrilled to spend the money to travel up to the top (it is just a really tall building after all), but we decided that it was a must do because how often do you get to travel to the 124th floor of a building. The group that operates the tours to the top apears to be playing a marketing game and only sells 50 tickets every half hour. This made it very challenging to get tickets; Will and I attempted 3 or 4 times with no avail. We finally bought tickets a few days in advance and crossed our fingers that it would be clear weather, not an easy thing to come by in sand storm season. There is not much to the exerience besides taking the elevator up and taking a look around on the observation deck. It was slightly disipointing to find out that the building has 160 floors, but they only take visitors to the 124th floor. It is the highest outdoor observation deck in the world and we took the world's fasted elevator to reach it. After it all, I would have to say that it was nice that to only have 50 other people at the top with us.