The Burj Khalifa

A great thing about people coming to visit us is that we can take advantage of the sight-seeing as well. Today we up in the Burj Khalifa, which is the tallest building in the world. (Although, Saudi Arabia just announced that they are building a tower that will replace the Burj Khalifa as the tallest building in the world.)

Tom Cruise was in town awhile ago shooting scenes from the up coming Mission Impossible movie. In the movie, Tom Cruise climbs and repels off of the massive building.)

The tower is 2,723 feet tall and the observation deck is on the 124 floor but there are over 200 floors in total. This was Chris and Kasey's first trip up, while Savannah, Vickie and I have been up once before but it is always amazing! Depending on how clear it is during the day, you see different things every time.

There is also a gold ATM machine at the top. That's right, you put in a large sum of money and it gives you a gold bar (the size is dependent on how much you spend and the cost is dependent on the daily price of gold). You can see in the picture, Savannah spent a long time trying to figure out what it did.

After our trip up we had lunch at an outdoor cafe overlooking the Dubai Fountain (like the fountains in Las Vegas...only bigger) and the Burj Khalifa. We also went on a walk through the Dubai Mall (the largest mall in the world) to check out some of the shops, fountains, aquarium and ice rink.