On Top of the World's Tallest Building

1. Tim Giachetti
   November 16th, 2009 at 9:32 pm

   Sorry, had to down vote.
   The slums of the million or so workers that suffer just for a daily meal take any interest of Dubai right out of it for me.

2. Alex
   November 16th, 2009 at 9:32 pm

   Uh, I get a little queasy just looking at the video clip ...

3. Christophe
   November 16th, 2009 at 9:32 pm

   BurJ Dubai....

4. pwscott
   November 16th, 2009 at 9:39 pm

   I've been to the Skybridge that's halway up Petrona's Tower and that was high enough. It's a great view but that superfast elevator ride can turn your stomach. (the only comparison is the train at Atlanta airport)

5. Johnny Cat
   November 16th, 2009 at 11:44 pm

   Don't confuse Dubai with its physical image; The workers Tim speaks of have a story that isn't fully told, but scary enough.

   The Dark Side of Dubai.

6. TwoFry
   November 17th, 2009 at 12:28 am

   Haha! I love how people have already engraved their names on top of the spire!

7. K!P
   November 17th, 2009 at 6:01 am

   damn i could not go up there! thats high. Wonder when the first basejumper will try it. (and get trown in a prison for that)

8. ted
   November 17th, 2009 at 7:24 am

   I was kinda disappointed he didn't drop the camera.

9. F. Tupp
   November 17th, 2009 at 9:30 am

   It wasn't scary enough. He should have braced the camera so we could have gotten a sense of the sway. I might have thrown up. But he didn't, so I didn't. Wasted opportunity. He should have dropped the camera into a fishing net held by one of his buddies on the ground. That would have been cool. Sometimes I dream about being up in a really tall building, and it sways like my drunken grandma. I fall to the floor, claw at the carpet and scream like a girl. Doesn't happen in real life though. I don't know how to interpret dreams.

10. maz
    November 17th, 2009 at 10:28 am

    some people talk about dubai as if they know it, it has its pros and cons, but its a pretty damn good place to live and work in.

11. dutchboy
    November 17th, 2009 at 11:33 am

    It seems anything to do with human progress and innovation brings out the naysayers, lucky for us you are not in charge.

12. LisaL
    November 17th, 2009 at 12:42 pm

    Ugh.... getting vertigo just watching that vid.

13. Coffee Face
    November 18th, 2009 at 1:56 am

    It is kind of funny. Those rich dorks are spending all there money, and once they run out of oil, they will have a giant empty tower surrounded by useless empty land.

14. Coffee Face
    November 18th, 2009 at 1:56 am

    oops wrong use of the word there

15. Coffee Face
    November 18th, 2009 at 1:57 am

    who is the dork now?

16. JoJo The Indian Circus Boy With a Pretty New Pet
    November 18th, 2009 at 2:28 am

    I half expected him to base jump from that building when I first saw the harness he was wearing over his shoulders. Maybe next time.

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