If this is
your first viewing you will find it quite remarkable.
Here is a WOW
moment!
I found it
amazing and wishing it was here in America.
The Noah's
Ark Theme Park, complete with fiberglass animals,
sits
in front of the Tsing Ma Bridge in Hong Kong.
It is also a restaurant and hotel… The tourists go in
two-by-two.
Biblical
scale: The Ark in Hong Kong measures 450 ft. long
and
75 ft. wide.
The Billionaire Brothers who built the Ark in Hong Kong claim it is the Only Full-Scale Version in the World.
And the
imaginative trio even attempted to give the giant boat an air of authenticity by placing 67 pairs of
animals at the entrance, just like the
pairs of creatures saved from the Great Flood by
Noah in the Bible Story.
The
Creationist-Inspired Vessel forms part of a theme park near Hong Kong which was inspired by a young
girl's Scrawled
Drawing of the Mammoth Boat.
Architects
appear to have used some artistic license in parts of the Ark – for instance including double-glazed
windows, a fine dining
restaurant and luxurious bedrooms.
Inside,
real-life exotic animals can be found - including a nautilus, a toucan, and reams of fish.
Authentic:
Various fiberglass animals stand outside the Ark to mimic the Bible tale where Noah took creatures on
board the vessel.
The Noah's
Ark Theme Park is now run by several Christian
organizations, who use it to promote peace and
unity.
Matthew Pine,
manager of Noah's Ark Theme Park, said:
“They had a vision to do something remarkable,
something outstanding. They came up with many ideas.
Some of them
were really outrageous.”
“But then they came across this girl's drawing, and knew it would be something do-able that captured imaginations. So they hired architects and engineers to create the replica, Noah's Ark.”
Land-bound:
The Hong Kong-based Noah's Ark theme park
was
built in 2009 and is popular among tourists.
Matthew
added: “The reason we chose that moment in the
Bible's
story is because this is the message we want to bring to
Hong Kong, to China, to the world.
“In our lives
we always face floods, we will face trials, and we will face difficulties. Hopefully Noah's Ark will
inspire people to pass through those troubles as Noah did in his day.”
The Ark
opened in May 2009; 17 years after plans
were
first made for the enormous structure. Hope you too enjoyed
having seen this masterful creation.
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8 comments:
What if I go there alone? Will I be refused entrance if I don't have the second person to create a two-by-two? What if I were in a menage a trois? Will the split us up?
Love,
Janie
Sorry. I mean, Will they split us up?
JJ, it's Hong Kong... there is always a sailor looking for a hookup, and that will even out the 2x2. Plus add to the fun.
Wow. Us po folk could never git in there. Even McDonald's makes us pay in advance....BEFORE we order.
I know, LJ. The tickes are $150 each (Seniors and kids $125). I wonder if that is HK dollars us US?
I was about to protest that it was the only one in the world. But it is the only one with a hotel and restaurant. The other one I was talking about is right here in WA state. But it may not be TO SCALE. There is this huge Noah's Ark in the city of uhhhh hmmm Burlington, about an hour or so north of me. It serves as a church, I've never seen the whole thing so I can't claim it is to scale, but it is humongous. The one in Hong Kong is cooler too, with the animals and all. This one is just a brown ark, nothing frou frou as you would say.
Wow. That is pretty cool.
Impressive to put it mildly... :-)
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