International Sand Sculpture Festival in Algarve (Portugal)
I've been on holidays to Portugal, and during my visit to the Algarve region I stopped at the International Sand Sculpture Festival in Pêra. It takes place every year between May and October. This year the topic is Discoveries. For more information, check out the official Website, viewable in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
I arrived there early in the morning, so it was practically empty and I could take photos at ease.
It was very difficult for me to make a selection of all the pictures I took, but here it is.
[WARNING!]
1. There is a total of 66 photos. Click at your own downloading risk and leisure!
2. I have written the title of the sculpture when known. When in doubt there is a (?).
3. They were organized in a sort of time -line. I took the route from the future backwards.
4. Some pictures are there just for size perspective.
5. I hope you like the awesome sculptures as much as I did!
[SPANISH SUMMARY] Burrada de fotos (66) de esculturas de arena en un festival anual en el Algarve que cambia de tema cada año. Este año era "Los descubrimientos" y estaban organizados más o menos cronológicamente. Hice la ruta del futuro al pasado y así lo he posteado. He puesto el título ahí donde lo conocía y cuando dudaba he añadido (?). Algunas fotos las he añadido para que veáis la perspectiva global y el tamaño relativo de las esculturas. ¡A mí me parecieron una pasada! ¡Espero que os gusten!
Welcome to FIESA!
And the first sculpture that welcomes you is that of...
A POLAR BEAR!!! I wonder if that is a wink to Lost fans...
FURTHERMORE!!
It's a SPARKLY-CHESTED POLAR BEAR!! I wonder if that is a wink to Twilight fans...
Now, let's start with the ACTUAL sculptures. A journey of DISCOVERIES!!
ROBOTS (?)
THE CONQUEST OF SPACE (?)
Errrmmm... I don't really remember what he was doing there...
Now, back on topic...
Einstein and Relativity
GLOBALIZATION AND THE STOCKMARKET CRASH
TELEVISION
There were so many soccer-related and other details!
THE BICYCLE (?)
ARCHITECTURE
CINEMA
PHOTOGRAPHY
LUIS XIV (and ètiquette?)
ISAAC NEWTON
At first I thought he was Tarzan...
But no.
GIOTTO AND PERSPECTIVE
I love this perspective:
UNDERWATER EXPLORATION
CLOCKS (?)
HEY, DJ! (!!!???)
I don't know why she was there, but it must have made sense in the global perspective. Now I don't remember!
ANATOMY
THE ROMAN BANQUET
THE GREEK PHILOSOPHY
CHESS
UH... DRAGONS? FANTASY? (?)
ARCHAEOLOGY
ANCIENT EGYPT
METALLURGY
ISLA DE PASCUA
FERTILITY GODDESS
PALEONTOLOGY
DARWIN AND EVOLUTION
Now, that is Tarzan!
Or Monta having an argument with Agon over bananas.
And the REAL evolution of man!
