Saturday 15 June 2013

Huge Fun!

This looks fun, doesn't it?


And this...


...and this...

You should be getting a feel for how big this thing is. But what is it?


Any ideas yet?

This looks handy...



I hope you've got a head for heights...


Time to show you the full picture...


This is the Parque de Recreo Infantil Gulliver (the 'Gulliver' Children's Recreation Park) in Valencia. It's a 50m long (10m high) fibreglass model of Jonathan Swift's famous character. It offers children (and a lot of their parents) an opportunity to scramble up ropes, slip down slides and get themselves lost in the tunnels and caves that make up his sleeping body. 

You'll find it in Valencia's dry river bed. The river was diverted after a lot of flooding in the city, and the bed is now home to cafes, cycle-paths, football pitches, skateboard parks... and Gulliver.

If you ever visit Valencia, why not say hola to Gulliver?

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