Niagara

I can't believe I've finally got here, I seem to be ticking off so many places this year from my list.
Niagara is amazing, they are not the tallest falls at 175ft, but they are huge in circumference. You sense their power immediately. There are two falls, the American one which is smaller and the Canadian one which is the horseshoe, seen previously in pictures. Nothing can prepare you for their scale,
2832 metres/750000 gallons of water flow over the falls per second. It is quite mesmerising just watching them.
Niagara is a North Indian word meaning “thundering water”. We went on the boat which takes you right to their foot. (It started to rain as we boarded and stopped 10 minutes after we got off!!) Got very wet, but it was well worth it.
The town of Niagara is like Blackpool, only far more tacky. Hundreds of souvenir shops selling junk. It is quite surreal to have just seen one of the wonders of the world and then be transported to “tackville”.