Moving back to Dubai after 22 years has been an experience! Back then we didn't have the internet or blogs. Now we do I can jot down my thoughts on daily life, things we come up against, things we enjoy, the multi-national society, the laws, the weather...plus other things in general which catch my attention.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Not for a squillion dollars!
Photo taken from what is, so far, the top of the Burj Dubai, the 157th floor.
And there are guys wandering around on the girders! I'd feel sick looking out from the mezzanine floor!
The fisheye lens doesn't help, does it? And that sucker must be moving around up there... a few feet of lateral 'give' and you'll be 'blowing up chunks' as the charming Australian expression has it... :)))
ahhh i see!..it would be nice to go up there and take an "i've beenthere" kind of picture...but not on the tower crane...maybe on a safe fully slabed floor..:)
waw... really nice photo a friend of mine sent it to my inbox... now i found it here, so in place of sharing it on my blog i will simply give my comment...
amazing photo, amazing view, wish I was there for a sky dive hehehhe.
did you take this picture? how on earth did you manage to do that?
ReplyDeleteThe fisheye lens doesn't help, does it? And that sucker must be moving around up there... a few feet of lateral 'give' and you'll be 'blowing up chunks' as the charming Australian expression has it... :)))
ReplyDeleteseems like he is on a crane
ReplyDeleteNo, I didn't take the photo. Not for anything would I be able to go up there! It was sent to me by a friend in the construction industry.
ReplyDeleteI also think the photographer is probably in one of the tower cranes.
ahhh i see!..it would be nice to go up there and take an "i've beenthere" kind of picture...but not on the tower crane...maybe on a safe fully slabed floor..:)
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone have any idea what the sink plunger (far right of the photo) is for?
ReplyDeleteThe sink plunger looks as if it is a light fitting, maybe a beacon.
ReplyDeletePoor workers must be terrified!
ReplyDeleteIt's even more impressive from the top!
ReplyDeletewaw... really nice photo a friend of mine sent it to my inbox... now i found it here, so in place of sharing it on my blog i will simply give my comment...
ReplyDeleteamazing photo, amazing view, wish I was there for a sky dive hehehhe.
cheers!
jean
http://www.jean.ghalo.com