9 out of 10 ain't bad

I visited Taipei 101, the tallest building in the world, this last weekend on a business trip to Taiwan. Not only is it the tallest building, it has the tallest roof, the highest occupied floor and the fastest elevators--they went 60km an hour straight up. My ears popped at about the 75th floor. Wow.Tall buildings are cool, for sure. You can argue about the meaning of having the "biggest one" if you want. I just liked the view from the top...And Bigtom Ice Cream on top floor lobby was pretty good too! No, I didn't make the name up.Anyway the coolest thing was this list of the top ten tallest buildings in the world. And guess what? I've been to 9 of them.1. Taipei 101, Taiwan.2. Petronas Towers, Malaysia (been to KL, but not the towers).3. Sears Tower, Chicago.4. Jin Mao Building, Hong Kong.5. Two Int'l Finance Center, Hong Kong.6. CITIC Plaza, Guangzhou.7. Shun Hing Square, Shenzhen.8. Empire State Building, New York.9. Central Plaza, Hong Kong.10. Bank of China, Hong Kong.If you agree that Taiwan is part of China, then 13 of the world's top 20 tallest buildings are in China. The remaining 7 are: Chicago (3) and then one each in New York, Malaysia, Dubai and North Korea--that's right, North Korea. Either this means that all the world's money and business has migrated to Asia and/or in Europe size really doesn't matter.Maybe not earth shatteringly important, but I thought it was pretty cool to know that I've got photos of myself at each one of the 9.