Day 516: The Burj Is The Word
31.05.10: UAE: Damien kicked me awake at the marvellous hour of 6:30am (5:30am in my still-in-Kuwait time zone) and after stuffing my stuff in my bag I headed out into the big dirty world. Damien dropped me at the swanky new metro station (looks like a big silvery sand worm from Dune) and we said our fond farewells (although there’s a good chance I’ll be back here in a couple of weeks – I honestly don’t know what is going to happen next, but I’ll explain more tomorrow. My mission for today? Ascend the Burj Khalifa (nee Dubai) – at 828 metres high by FAR the tallest building in the world. I was told that tickets had to be booked in advance and that if you turned up on the day they would want £100 off you. I got there at 8am (the eager beaver that…