Blogs from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, North America - page 6

Niagara Falls is two hours south of Toronto, and an easy drive, but in January 2014 the land below the escarpment offers no escape from Canada's cold winter climate. Rather, this destination embraces the season. The waterfalls roar even loader in the arctic air, and the falling vapors make these weird and wonderful balls of ice around the base in a frozen scene that could only be imagined by science fiction writers. I wished i had a longer lens so I could get closer... There’s tons of fun things to do in Niagara Falls and we had an hour or more to pass before a big truck full of stuff was due to arrive. This moving truck was to be unloaded at the back of a nearby building. Helene has always wanted to see the local ... read more

This entry will have two days of my exploration in Canada, this is because I really didn't get to do much due to the wedding. However, it was still a great experience and I will definitely go back to Canada to re-explore it. 10/4/13 I woke up the next day and it was my uncle who would be my mother, brother and I's tour guide around Canada since my cousin would be busy running around getting the wedding ready for the next day. We first went over to the church where my cousin would get married just to set up some stage decorations, they were this fake trees that light up due to the many light bulbs on its stem. After a good hour of setting up these trees around the stage, the ladies of the ... read more

It was in 1996 when I first time went to Ontario province in Canada as a goodwill ambassador through Group Study Exchange programme of Rotary International. I visited several cities in Ontario province including Burlington, Woodstock, and Niagara falls etc. Researches being conducted to control water quality standards at Burlington really impressed me. Work at factories of Ingersol and Timberjack enabled me to see the high end machinery. Canadian flags flying out of may homes attracted me; as we also see them in many parts of USA. Toronto tower and adjoing sports stadium are really big achievements and my first step on the glass floor at Toronto Tower, first time enabled me to feel a feeling close to acrophobia, though within seconds it was gone!. I was told that the glass floor, a favorite place with ... read more

When:2nd - 3rd August 2013 Where: Niagara Falls Highlights: N/A Prelude: I have been avoiding to visit the Niagara falls for the last 10 years. I am not a big fan of doing touristy stuff and this would be #1 on the "Top 10 places to see in North America". G has been to NY and Niagara falls(on the US side) Sep 2011. So, he was willing to see the more beautiful Canadian side. As for me, there was no way I could escape from it due to our current residency in Toronto. But as much as I agreed to go, I had already framed my judgement about the place. Not a good mindset to make a trip with! Ironically, we ended up making the trip twice, less than 2 weeks apart!!! TRIP 1 ... read more

How do we describe Niagara Falls? Like Las Vegas with giant waterfalls. Once you get past the tacky, glitzy town and casinos you get to the falls. Firstly we had a ride on the Skywheel , a ferris wheel structure which gave us a great view of the falls. We then went down to get on the boat for the Maid of the Mist tour. There are lines of people for the boat ride but it moves quickly. You are given a blue poncho in anticipation of the drenching you are going to get and loaded onto the Maid of the Mist boats. After stopping for the obligatory souvenir photograph we were loaded onto the boats with about 600 other participants and taken out to the falls.We were lucky to have a very still morning for ... read more