Guinness World Records 2014: Weird and wonderful world of travel

Roshina Jowaheer

Updated 24 September 2013 at 4:14 am

The latest edition of the Guinness World Records is out now and in it are some of the coolest, most interesting and downright bizarre records imaginable.

From the Canadian man who pulled a 188.83-tonne aircraft, to the biggest ever beach towel laid out on a beach in the Canary Islands, we've rounded up the best of the travel records featured in the Guinness World Records 2014...

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