Linsey & Mark go to Europe

Terra Mitica

We wrote some notes on the train to Terra Mitica (the theme park linked to below), here they are (Mark first!)
There are 14 stops to Terra Mitica, dry Spanish hills to the left and the coast on the right, it was a ropey comedy sketch getting on the train - people almost fighting each other for the doorway so they could get on for a seat (its a two carriage train). We´re standing again. Stood on the ultra-packed tram to get to the train too. There´s something that looks and smells like vomit in the bin next to us, it isnt pleasant, but we cant move away because the train is so packed. Linsey wants to go on a banana boat on Friday!
Not sure what to expect at Terra Mitica, but hope there are plenty water rides, because I need some serious refreshing after being stuck on sweaty sardine transport for an hour and a half.
Later on!
Linsey´s notes:
Went to Terra Mitica today, it was ace! As Mark said before, the train was packed as well as the bus that took us to the park afterwards. Same on the way back! But it was all worthwhile as we had such a good time. The park itself is beautiful and has some of the best ways to have fun while keeping your clothes on, albeit very small clothes judging by most people there. Was roasting when we got there but clouds and occasional showers meant that we stayed cool, but still felt mediteranean! My face is peeling a bit, but apart from that it was a great day and on that I hope Mark and I will always remember.

Mark (efter the theme park!)
Memo to me: Always use tourist information services when available. Went to the wrong station first this morning, then asked at the tourist info point and the fluent english speaking woman told us where we needed to go (miles away), gave us a map, bus, train and tram timetables and a beeg Spanish smile. no mucking about!

Memo to me 2: Spanish public transport involves lots of standing, and most of the time lots of standing next to lots of other people standing.The bus back to the station from Terra Mitica was another shove-fest, but we were too British and reserved to get involved and ended up managing to get on in front of quite a few other folk then realising we were the last two allowed on board. We ended up standing so far up the front of the bus that the driver couldn´t see his mirrors cos my lnky body was in the way. Then we were first off and straight down to the station back, where the train taking us most of the way home arrived 20 mintes earlier than the timetable said!

Anyway - Terra Mitica was fntastic, had a great sense of mythological thatre about the whole thing, and when I finallyfind an internet cafe tht lets me transfer pictures I´ll put some up here...
If you visit the Terra Mitica website you can see all the rides - here are all the ones we went on:

Falls of the nile (went on twice! mummy boats going round in water dropping off crazy chutes - Linsey loved it, I screamed like a girl)

Minotaur´s Labyrinth: we had to wait in a big queue for this one, which involved sitting in a car thing which slowly moved round the labyrinth while you shot various monsters with light guns that were in the car. It was fecking difficult! was good fun, but the long wait to get in had us expecting some sort of groundbreaking malarkey, which it probably wasnt....

The Lost Temple: cool simulator thing based on Indiana Jones, like one of those simulator rides in bowling alleys, but forty times bigger and mildly more shaky.

Tritons Fury: another water ride, which we went on twice, running back up the second time like big kids. it was ace. enough said.

Alucinakis: mini roller coaster we went on to prepare ourselves for the gigantic mother of all rollercoasters. It was quite scary on its own, which made us even more worried about the big beast t the top of the hill.

Bravo train: a rollercoaster with a bulls head. probably for kids, but we went on it and screamed anyway. it was frightening. honest.

Dodgems: Linsey was a demon driver, I was the target of some (unneccesary!) violence from some young kids who were totally out to get me. all good.

The rescue of Ulysses: crazy, crazy water ride - slow, but full of all sorts of mythological stuff. it was utterly bizzare. god knows what that dog was doing to the wolf with a mans head. and the bloke spinning in the water?????! anyway...

Rapids of Argos: water rapids bumpery thing, great, especially as you could go and spray water guns at people on it after you were finished. we really pissed off a random family by soaking them. then we ran away very quickly.

The Icaruses - high up in the air swingy thing, good. lots of kidson that one too, but it was pretty scary. had a great view from it though.

Magnus Colossus: This was the daddy, look it up on the website - its got a video there - gigantic wooden rollercoaster, designed to make clattering noises as you go round, just in case the drops into nowhere and the crazy speed aren´t scaring the hell out of you enough already....we spent all day working ourselves up to it and it was fantastic. look at the video- go on!

posted by Enid Blyton @ 12:42 PM