By competing in the World's Coolest Marathon ®, the FWD North Pole Marathon ®, you can become one of a truly select few to race at the top of the world - at the Geographic North Pole.
Do you like the idea of a giant, three-day water fight? Then you’ll love the most famous of Thailand festivals: Songkran. All over the country locals and tourists alike take to the streets to attack each other with water guns, hoses, and ice.
Semana Santa is a religious festival in the week leading up to Easter, people usually carry floats around the streets. There are lots of places to see this festival, we recommend going to Seville, Malaga, Valladolid or Leon to watch it.
The festivals represent the capture of the city by the Muslims and the subsequent Christian reconquering fight. The people who take part in the festival are usually enlisted in local associations called filaes (singular filà) or comparses (companies
The historic port city of Manaus was once one of the richest and most extravagant in all of Latin America, thanks to its booming rubber production industry.