Diving headfirst into India in Delhi

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India: Bright colours, strong smells, fast-moving traffic, and blindingly obvious stares.

Ah, what a country is India!

Delhi is often the first place visitors to the country visit, and what an introduction to India it is.

A widely spread city with 10 million people living within it, Delhi is crazy busy and bustling.

But don’t let the busy streets put you off – Delhi has so much character, and so much to offer.

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Iguazu Falls: There are no words to describe it

Iguazu from the helicopter
Iguazu from the helicopter

I can’t begin to tell you how excited I was to visit Iguazu Falls, one of the New7 Wonders of Nature.

Lying on the border of Argentina and Brazil, the falls are made up of between 150-300 smaller waterfalls, depending on the water level.

It has a total length of 2.7km, the longest drop is about 82m, and the average flow rate is 1756 cubic metres per second.

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“Should we evacuate?” Town alarm wakes us up in Arequipa, Peru

Arequipa, Peru
Arequipa, Peru

As I was suffering from the flu mixed with altitude sickness, while my roommate was suffering from altitude sickness mixed with what would later be revealed as a lung infection, we both decided to spend our quiet afternoon in Arequipa, Peru, resting up.

We’d spent the morning with our tour group exploring some local sights of Arequipa after arrivingĀ on an early flight from Lima that morning, and decided it would be best for our bodies to lay down for a nap.

We’d barely been laid down for 15 minutes when all of a sudden:

“Wwweeeeerrrrrrrrooooooooo wwwwweeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrooooooooooo!”

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