Inside the burj.

Bright and shiny.

Despite being told our reservation for tea did not provide access to the rest of the hotel, we did a little bit of exploring. How could we not?

Once you enter and ascend the escalator, you immediately notice the atrium, the “World’s Tallest Atrium” to be exact.

In the center of the atrium there’s a mesmerizing fountain. The water is so perfect it doesn’t look like water! When it sprays out in tall arches it looks more like clear plastic tubes. Every 30 minutes a column of water is supposed to spray 32 meters up in the air. Unfortunately, if anyone puts their hands in the water the schedule is disrupted and pushed back another 30 minutes. Since everyone is trying to reassure themselves that the perfect water truly is liquid, many hands were in the fountain. No big spray show for us.

We sneakily took an elevator up to the 25th floor. That’s high. Looking over the edge was pretty scary for me. That’s when we realized what we had thought was the ceiling of the hotel, was actually the bottom of a restaurant. We had gone several stories above it

Top photo: looking down at a restaurant
Bottom photo: look up at the underside of a restaurant

During tea our view faced toward the mainland. Here you can see the bridge that takes you out to the artificial island the hotel sits on.

Everything inside the hotel was beautiful but I was especially fascinated by the floral arrangements. Very creative.

I can’t say that I took away any decorating ideas for myself, but the colorful atmosphere was a nice complement to our afternoon of luxury.

xo, jill