StephenJen

"Work is just for travel money"

Stephen & Jen A.K.A The Favourites

London, United Kingdom

About StephenJen

Respected Member | Member since 14th Jan 07

Citizenship: Australia
Marital Status: Married
About StephenJen:

No kids & no debt... time for some travelling!

Hobbies:

Photography, Music and Travelling as often as possible

Favourite places:

Avalon, France. Salzburg, Austria. Fussen, Germany. Helsinki, Finland. Port Vila, Vanuatu. Siem Reap. Cambodia.

Activity : photos (804) forum (34) guide (27401) blog (56) diary (0) trips (17)

Latest Blog Entry

La Tomatina

Posted by StephenJen | 31st October 2009

We rose early on the last Wednesday of August, the day of the annual La Tomatina festival. In preparation for the event, we had hit the local carrefour to buy a couple of cheap t-shirts and some eye protection.

The traffic grew heavy as we approached Bunol. As we hit the outskirts of the town we saw hundreds of 'free-campers' who had set up on just about every square inch of space available on roadsides, vacant lots, car parks and parkland. We parked the car and started to walk into the centre of town. The air was filled with the smell of the hot breakfasts being sold by local street vendors, and the cries of "beer... one Euro!". There were thousands of people sporting all manner of outfits. We observed various national flags, a couple of guys with watermelon helmets, a group of guys painted in 'Braveheart' theme (complete with tiny plastic swords and shields), a group of girls dressed in Aussie Swimming Caps (Members of the Fanatics), an excellent volleyball helme

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