Got our hire car, a Toyota Yaris, automatic, air conditioning, at around 12 midday and after several bunny hops and sharp braking we managed to return to our hostel to pick up our stuff. I've never driven an automatic before and kept pumping the floor trying to find the clutch. It was also quite awkward trying stay on the right, especially after a one way street. Turning right on a red light is allowed but rather scary!
Anyway.. we made it to Niagara with little incident, it seems that there was no countryside along the way, just one long..long..long extended conurbation along the length of the highway.
We checked into a cheap motel and then took a bus to the centre of Niagara. Can't explain how amazing the falls are, not only the sights but the sounds, the spray and the smell. The place is teeming because there is a public holiday tomorrow but the crowds seem to move seemlessly with no pushing and shoving and everyone is very good natured. We are saving all the "stuff" like maid of the mist and the walk behind the falls for tomorrow. Today we just walked and wondered about it all.
We did go in to Ripley's Believe It Or Not museum which was completely amazing and took us about 1.5 hours to go round because of the number of amazing artifacts from around the world and ancient news footage of incredible feats (is that how you spell it?). On the entry ticket it says "Memories that will last a life time, kinda like scars"!
We ate at an outdoor restaurant with live music opposite a huge casino. Tristan tried to eat the whole of the lamb spit roast as you can see from the photos!
At 9:45pm we headed down to the falls again, they somehow light up the falls (can't work out whether the lights were actually behind the water or if they were being projected on from somewhere) and then at 10pm there was a fireworks display between the horseshoe and American falls.
Rather a lot of photos today - but then WHY NOT?
Monday, 3 August 2009
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