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5 Must See Festivals For Your Travel Bucket List

MUST SEE FESTIVALS FOR YOUR TRAVEL LIST BUCKET Coopers Hill Cheese Rolling Festival When: Last Monday in May Where: Gloucester, England START Competitors run wildly down Coopers Hill chasing a seven-pound circle of Double Gloucester cheese. FINISH Whoever gets to the cheese first gets to keep it. Coopers Hill is a In 1998 the event was cancelled after 33 runners suffered injuries ranging from sprains to broken bones the previous year. 2009 = 1000 People 15,000 people turned up for the last official cheese rolling event in 2009 which was 2014 3x the site capacity. In 2013 the festival returned with 'fake cheese' being used to get around restrictions. What will happen in 2014? La Tomatina When: Last Wednesday in August Where: Valencia, Spain La Tomatina, the world's greatest tomato fight, dates back to 1945. The event attracts 30,000 tourists each year. One rule of the festival is that tomatoes must be squashed before throwing in order to avoid injuries. Fire trucks give the town of Buñol a good rinse after the fight. By the end of the festival, the streets and people are covered in 140,000 140.000 tonnes of squidgy tonnes tomatoes brought into Plaza del Pueblo. ??? No one is sure how the festival first started. 3 Boryeong Mud Festival When: 18-27 July 2014 Where: Boryeong, South Korea In 2007 attracted 22 Started in million visitors 1996 The festival started as a promotional and educational tool for a new cosmetics range made from Boryeong mud. Events include, mud-massage courses, mud-sliding competitions and even a muddy human pyramid. Roswell UFO Festival When: 5-6 July 2014 Where: New Mexico, USA Ufologists, alien hunters and alien-abduction specialists attend presentations on extraterrestrials. Events include UFO mud volleyball and a UFO parade. Roswell is the infamous flying saucer crash site... in his sheep paddock The local airforce said it was an air balloon crash, however people still believe it was a flying saucer. Air Guitar World Championships When: 27-30 August 2014 Where: Oulu, Finland The event started in 1996 and is up to its 19th edition this year in 2014. All you need is your air guitar and your best rock outfit. There are over 20 official AGWC countries involved in the event. Favourite song choices are from ACDC and Van Halen. Cover More TRAVEL INSURANCE www.covermore.com SOURCES http://www.lonelyplanet com/england/travel-tips-and-articles/77154#izz2naDlufqv http://www.dailymailco.uk/news/article-2331680/Daredevis-de fy-health-safety-zealots-holding-Cheese-Roling-race-Gloucestershire html#iczz2nacbwRpT http://www.bbc.couk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-22639675 http://www.bbc.couk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-18248802 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howabout- that/10082729/Cheese-Rolling-competition-goes-ahead-despite-health-and-safety-fears.html http://www.lonelyplanet.com/travel-tips-and-articles/2474#iczz 2nay FZXEU http://www.lonelyplanet com/travel-tips-and-articles/2474#iczz2naoxpWd8 http://www.tomatina es/ index php/en/the-rules-of-tomatina-festival-valencia-spain http://www.lonelyplanet com/mexico/oaxaca-state/oaxaca/travel-tips-and-articles/8446 http://www.boryeongmudfestival.com/boryeong-mud-festival-2012-south-korea/ http://www.fest300.com/festivals/boryeong-mud-festival http://www.lonelyplanet com/mexico/oaxaca-state/caxaca/travel-tips-and-articles/8446 http://www.ufofestivalroswell.com/ http://www.history.com/topics/roswell http://www.lonelyplanet com/mexico/oaxaca-state/oaxaca/travel- tips-and-articles/8446 http://www.airguitarworldchampionships.com/en/network/network-countries/ 200m slope with a 1:2 gradient

5 Must See Festivals For Your Travel Bucket List

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From Valencia to Boryeong, these festivals are must sees if you get the chance. So, when organising that next overseas trip, why not plan it to include one of these festivals and see what the world is...

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