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Forty thousand revellers.\u00a0 One hundred and fifty thousand tomatoes.\u00a0 Thirty five degrees Celsius.\u00a0 A lot of beer.\u00a0 One small town.\u00a0 A recipe for one hell of a good party.<\/p>\n

La Tomatina is billed as the largest food fight in the world.\u00a0 Given that I\u2019m still picking bits of tomato out of my ears several days later, I tend to agree.\u00a0 Held on the last Wednesday in August every year and dating back \u2026 well, only about sixty years, the festival has grown steadily and is now firmly ensconced on the European summer backpacker circuit.<\/p>\n

The small town of Bunol bursts at the seams for a day and water, tomato juice and beer seems to flow through the streets in almost equal measure. It\u2019s a massive, crazy, crowded, messy and stupidly fun day.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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After flying from Thailand to Spain and spending a couple of days operating on the perfect combination of minimal sleep and excessive drinking (not that I\u2019m blaming anyone<\/a> in particular<\/a> here) while exploring my new favourite city of Valencia, the big festival day dawned hot, sunny and at least four hours too early for my liking.<\/p>\n

Several other travel bloggers were in town and most of us had arranged to take an organised day trip out to Bunol as public transport is renowned for not coping with the numbers.\u00a0 Talking to a few people who did brave the trains and public buses, however, it sounds like they were very crowded but manageable.<\/p>\n

Other than transport, a dodgy t-shirt and the opportunity to share a pub crawl later in the day with a few hundred of your closest Australian backpacker mates, the only benefit of taking an organised trip is the chance to leave a change of clothes on the bus.\u00a0 When you\u2019ve finished the festival and are covered from head to toe in water and tomato pulp<\/strong>, getting changed is quite an appealing option.\u00a0 If that doesn\u2019t bother you, save yourself sixty euro or more, get up early and join the masses at the train station.<\/p>\n

Bunol is only about 40km from Valencia so the trip out there took less than an hour.\u00a0 The party was already starting by the time we arrived just before 9.00am, with the beers, food and sangria in full flow.\u00a0 Nothing says good times like a cold beer for breakfast.<\/p>\n

Thousands of people were walking down the hill towards the town centre, dressed in everything from sailor suits, to life rafts, to virtually nothing at all.\u00a0 The sun was already beating down and a huge buzz of excitement was in the air.\u00a0 You could just tell it was going to be an incredible day.<\/p>\n

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After a few drinks and a bit of a wander around Bunol, we made our way into the main town centre about an hour before the cannon sounded to signal the start of the festivities.\u00a0 Given the claustrophobic crush that ensued before we even got anywhere near the starting point, apparently we should have got there a little sooner.<\/p>\n

Not that it mattered much \u2013 there was plenty of singing and dancing, refreshing buckets of water being thrown from the balconies and thousands of smiling backpackers.\u00a0 As 11.00am approached, excitement rose to fever pitch until suddenly a cannon shot rang out above the mayhem.\u00a0 With a huge roar from the crowd, La Tomatina was underway.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As we were a bit further back than intended, it took a while for the first of the huge tomato-laden trucks to make their way to where we were standing.\u00a0 With a huge shove everyone squashed up against the walls of the narrow street to allow the trucks to lumber past while their passengers threw fistfuls of tomatoes at all and sundry.<\/p>\n

While we managed to get hold of a few of the pulpy fruits from the first four trucks, it wasn\u2019t until the final one that we really got into the thick of the action.\u00a0 Within minutes there were tomato seeds in every orifice and huge smiles on every face.\u00a0 Anything and anyone was fair game, especially if they happened to be holding a camera.<\/p>\n

All too soon the second cannon shot fired and the festival was over.\u00a0 All that remained was to fight our way back through the crowds, get hosed off by cheerful locals and grab one last beer before jumping back on the bus and heading to Valencia exhausted, half-drunk, sunburnt and with a smile that couldn\u2019t be wiped off our faces for days.\u00a0 Not to mention a strange hankering for a margherita pizza<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

La Tomatina, you rocked my world.<\/p>\n

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Hints for making the most of La Tomatina:<\/h3>\n

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– Get there early.\u00a0 Crowds grow extremely quickly from about 9am onwards once the tour buses start rolling in.<\/p>\n

– Grab a large plastic<\/span> bottle of your favourite beverage (anything else will be taken from you by security) and make your way to the centre of town quickly.\u00a0 The closer to the starting point you are, the more red squishy things are going to come flying your way.\u00a0 If you\u2019re too far back, you may barely see a tomato at all<\/strong> \u2013 and that would just be no fun.<\/p>\n

– Wear enclosed shoes or at least decent sandals.\u00a0 Flip flops won\u2019t cut it.\u00a0 With that many people standing on your feet, a pile of tomato pulp up to your ankles underfoot and surging crowds pushing you in all directions, the last thing you want to do is slip and fall.\u00a0 You can buy canvas shoes for 10-15 euros in Valencia \u2013 they\u2019ll probably be unsalvageable after the festival so the cheaper the better.<\/p>\n

– Take as little with you as possible.\u00a0 Electronics are in serious danger with the amount of water and tomato flying around, so if you\u2019re going to take a phone or camera be sure to cover them in a zip-lock bag or similar.\u00a0 Throw some euro into a plastic bag instead of taking your wallet.\u00a0 Anything that can be left at the hotel should be.<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Clothes will be pretty much destroyed.\u00a0 Don\u2019t wear your favourite t-shirt to La Tomatina.<\/p>\n

– Arrange a meeting place for when you lose the people you are with.\u00a0 Yes, that\u2019s when, not if.\u00a0 There\u2019s virtually no chance of finding each other again in the seething mass of humanity on Bunol\u2019s main street once the party starts.<\/p>\n

– Be prepared for huge numbers of people.\u00a0 You will be squashed, pummelled, stood on and pushed in every direction.\u00a0 Go with the flow, as there\u2019s not really any other option.\u00a0 You\u2019re at one of the craziest parties in the world \u2013 make the most of it!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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