Blogs from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, North America - page 24

We drove up to Niagara Falls, NY after picking up our truck at the Newark Airport. We hit the park around 4pm, which was actually really fast time since we didn't even leave Newark until after noon. The park on the US side is state run which really suprised us. We were expecting it to be a National Park. We were a bit disappointed by it. We drove through it once before we found parking to just get a lay of the land, and it just seemed a bit commercialized. Before you are even completely through the park, you run into a section of cheap food places and gifts and it feels a bit like the area right outside the gates at Yellowstone. They could do so much more with the area that they have, if ... read more

Since Mat of course also wanted to see the most famous falls on earth, I visited the Niagara again a week after the first visit. However, we decided to also spend two nights here, so we would have time to see a bit more than only the falls. Mat's hours and hours of search online paid off by the way, we had a really nice room for the money we paid for it, so much better than the hostel in Toronto. This time we were a lot luckier with the weather, no rain at all, only sunshine! Amazing how much nicer things look with some sun... The pictures of the 2nd time Niagara turned out to be a lot nicer too.. What was really cool is that we got to see the city Niagara at the ... read more

Day 7: April 12 - Toronto, Niagara Falls Accommodation: Global Backpackers So here I was in Canada. I figured I’d get my Niagara Falls tour over first off just in case I ran out of time later on and missed out. The bus picked me up from the hostel and drove about 1½ to 2 hours on a freeway down to the town nearby to the falls. I couldn’t believe how touristy it was, and all the prices were displayed in US and Canadian dollars seeing it was so close to the border. First stop was Niagara’s observation tower, the Skylon. There was a barrel in the foyer which a daredevil named Dave Munday had travelled in while going down the falls, and he survived. Some people will do anything for fame. Anyway, it was a ... read more

Ich melde ich mich mit meinem letzten Eintrag - die Fotos meiner Fahrt durch den riesigen Algonquin National Park habe ich dem vorherigen Eintrag hinzugefügt! Man beachte den Elch! ;-) Heute habe ich mich voll und ganz den Niagara Falls gewidmet...und bei Tag betrachtet sind diese noch um ein Vielfaches eindrucksvoller. Da heute auch die Rückreise nach Deutschland auf dem Plan stand, musste ich frueh aus dem Hotel auschecken und mich dann mit gepackten Koffern auf Erkundungstour begeben. Nachdem ich mich bei meiner absoluten Lieblings-Frühstücks-Restaurantkette Denny's ordentlich gestärkt habe (immer die gleiche Bestellung: "Moons over my Hammy", ca. 10cm dicke Füllung aus Rührei, Schinken und 3 verschiedenen Käsesorten zwischen Toast, dazu Kartoffelröstis, Orangensaft und Ketchup) bin ich direkt zu den Falls gefahren. Vom Hotel aus sind das nur 5 Minuten Fahrt - aus meinem Zimmer... read more

Day three-oh-seven It's Eve of All Hallow's Eve Time for some chocolate! I happened to look in my calendar today and noticed I've been travelling about for three hundred and seven days now. I've been away from home so long, or rather I've been travelling around for so long now that I'm just used to being on the road. I can't believe it's been 10 months. I guess you could say the days are beginning to meld into one. Ahh! Yup, everyday is a Saturday. haha I remember those first few days in Tam Ky when we were just sort of waiting around because there really wasn't any orientation going on and there wasn't much else to do. I remember thinking the days were just dragging and I had almost a whole year ahead of me ... read more