A Visit to the Ark of Noah

Yesterday (4^th October 2008) six of us in two cars visited the ark of Noah in Kampen. Kampen is a small little town located at the North East of the country.

The story begins with a Dutchman by the name o f Johan who had a dream about half of Holland was covered by the water. He then shared this dream with his wife and children and eventually following the path of Noah in building an ark. This ark that we visited is already very huge but it is just half a size of the ark built by Noah.

As we walked into the ark, I could see lots of animal replicas of the actual size. There are giraffes, elephants, lions, tigers, pigs, bears and many others of the actual size. Each of these are displayed in an individual cell.

There are also a lot of sections that tell the bible stories such as the Jacob’s well, Abraham’s tent, the tomb of Jesus and etc. There are also a few mini cineplex’s that showing cartoon such as Joseph – the prince of Egypt etc. Frankly speaking apart from the ark itself, the entire setting wasn’t really appeal to me as it is more interesting for little kids to explore and learn about the animals and the bible stories. However, the architecture of the ark itself is quite an interesting experience.