The Rhyme of Sim'

See what happens when you leave me alone, in a foreign city, late at night, with free broadband access, and severe jetlag ? Dangerous stuff :D I guess I’d better try and get some sleep again – I do have to be up in a couple of hours ! LOCATION: Hyatt Regency, Chicago, USA LOCAL … [Read More »]

Just thought I’d post a list of the tower’s I’ve been up to the observation deck in so far… John Hancock Center, Chicago, USA Sears Tower, Chicago, USA Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai, China Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Rialto Towers, Melbourne Sky Tower, Auckland Sydney Tower, Sydney Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia … [Read More »]

After thinking about these stats I found on the world’s tallest buildings and all the troubles people have with deciding how to measure them. From a view-tourists point of view (literally), I would prefer to see some statistics comparing observation decks – basically how high you yourself can get on these towers as a member … [Read More »]

After a suggestion from Paul, I’ve decided to include the location and time/date for my blog entries when travelling. I’ll put them down the bottom of the entry in italics. LOCATION: Hyatt Regency, Chicago, USA LOCAL TIME: 12:22am, Monday 8th Sept.

(refer to my previous blog entry on this matter for more details) So what about us poor Aussies ? Well, we fare pretty poorly in these tallest buildings measurements… Even Aucklands’s Sky Tower at 328m to the tip is taller than anything we’ve got in Australia (and taller than the Eiffel Tower too !!) – … [Read More »]