Elbows at the ready: Hundreds of tourists squeeze into Chinese water park in searing 100F heat
- - The Playa Maya water park in Wuhan welcomes 10,000 visitors every day
- - City's oppressive summer heat makes it one of China's 'Three Furnaces'
By HELEN LAWSON
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With temperatures hitting 100F (37.7C), heading to the seemed like a sensible plan to keep cool.
But imagine the dismay for these visitors when they arrived at this water park in eastern China to find that everyone else had had the same idea.
There was barely elbow room to be had at the Playa Maya park in Wuhan, Hubei province yesterday as rubber rings and bodies fought for space in the water.
Swimmers took a water park in Wuhan, in China's Hubei province, to cool down in 100F heat yesterday
Tourists armed themselves with rubber rings and inflatables while waiting for the pool's artificial tidal wave
Splash! The Wuhan water park was packed with tourists while lifeguards wearing orange kept watch
In the middle of the melee, lifeguards clad in orange stood on high chairs keeping a watchful eye over the swimmers.
Up to 10,000 people a day visit the 160,000 sq m park to play on its 40 rides, which include a wave machine and water coaster.
The park disinfects its 21,000 cubic metres of water every four to six hours, according to eChinaCities.com, to deal with any hygiene worries caused by thousands of people sharing the same water.
Swimmers had to form a queue because the water park attractions were so popular on the hot day
This quarter shot around a water tunnel in a rubber ring made for four at the Playa Maya park
Wuhan is renowned for its steamy summers, with daytime humidity regularly hitting 80 per cent at the peak of summer every July.
The oppressive heat has earned Wuhan its title as one of China's 'Three Furnaces' - a trio of hot eastern cities including Nanjing and Chongqing.
A water cannon provided welcome relief from the humidity for visitors to the water park in Wuhan
The Playa Maya park attracts 10,000 visitors a day during the height of summer
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