Noah's Dutch ark

Published July 15, 2011
View of the 150 metre-long Noah's ark created by Dutch Johan Huibers.
View of the 150 metre-long Noah's ark created by Dutch Johan Huibers.
Dutch Johan Huibers poses on board of the 150 metre-long Noah's ark he created.
Dutch Johan Huibers poses on board of the 150 metre-long Noah's ark he created.
Plastic monkeys are seen on the 150 metre-long Noah's ark.
Plastic monkeys are seen on the 150 metre-long Noah's ark.
A plastic giraffe and elephant are seen on the 150 metre-long Noah's ark.
A plastic giraffe and elephant are seen on the 150 metre-long Noah's ark.
A statue decorates the 150 metre-long Noah's ark created by Dutch Johan Huibers.
A statue decorates the 150 metre-long Noah's ark created by Dutch Johan Huibers.
A carpenter works inside the 150 metre-long Noah's ark.
A carpenter works inside the 150 metre-long Noah's ark.
A carpenter works inside the 150 metre-long Noah's ark.
A carpenter works inside the 150 metre-long Noah's ark.

At an old abandoned quay on the Merwede River, about 65 kilometres (40 miles) south of Amsterdam, Huibers, 52, and a team of 50 dedicated employees are slowly putting the final touches to what they believe is the only life-size wooden ark in existence. For the last three years the quaint old Dutch city of Dordrecht has been watching in amazement as construction businessman Johan Huibers' dream of building a 150 metre-long Noah's ark, stocked with thousands of plastic animals, slowly grew into a reality. - Photos by AFP

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