Empress Inn Niagara Falls

At last we think we have figured out this trip. We will leave Buffalo and head to Barcelona for a few days. Then we will get ourselves to London for our flight to Mumbai. After a short while in Mumbai we are heading south to Panaji, Old Goa and the coast where we will spend considerable time. About a month or so later it's back to London ...

... to cross. No wonder so many people have died trying to climb under the bridge. And I always thought it was to enter illegally but obviuosly they ahve also had enough of the tolls too.

Anyway we got through and then headed for Buffalo which took approx 40 mins to drive to and then another 30 to park the car in someones yard for $15.

Everyone was pretty tanked and it was pretty much a full on day with the ...

... They alternate between white and colored lights which really highlight the viewing. We tried to take heaps of pics, but the new camera is a little above our ability at this stage. We decided to return back to the hotel at about 11pm as it was 0 degrees and both out hands were numb.

I quickly called Tom to get some tips for the camera settings....hopefully I can work something out!!!!

Sacked it at about 02:00.

The falls were falling all right - especially when illuminated with changing lights at night. Las-Vegas-By-The-Falls (a.k.a Niagara Falls town) was a bit of a surprise - definitely an American import, but Canadian version was somewhat less boring and tasteless than original US one

... and they were beautiful as well; however, the sun was blinding and it was hard to see all around. I walked some more and followed a path and I am glad I did. I found myself on the other side of the American Falls. As I was walking down some steps I saw a rainbow! A real rainbow coming from the falls! All different colors! It was so beautiful! I have to say that this was the most beautiful sight I have ever seen in my entire life. The colors of the ...

... seedy and tacky (as warned!) ! There are flashing lights and game malls and shops at every corner! Mad!

The Falls were pretty amazing though...and lucky were on the Canadian side for sure! Another nice day...so lots of mist rising from the falls, you get pretty soaked when you get closer to the Horse Shoe Fall.
Went up the Sky-dome to get a better overall view, pretty spectacular.

Then got the car and headed along the ...

... up in an hour. We turned a corner when what did I see? My dad, driving his car, turning left. "Pull a U-ey, pull a U-ey! That's my dad!" "Oh good lord, this is WAY more than I bargained for" Dave reluctantly turned the car around and we caught up to my parents at the next red light, beeping and waving frantically. My mom and dad are laughing, and can't believe that they created such a ...

... tried tightrope walking across Niagara Falls.... At this point I started feeling tired, so I decided to skip the fourth attaction, the Butterfly Conservatory. Instead, I sat in the shuttle bus and took a full tour around the ...

... let you see the massive amounts of water falling from behind. Our tour guide also told us that we just missed David Carradine by about ten minutes. If only we hadn't stopped at the gift shop before going down... We came back up walked around the falls for a little while longer and then headed for the car. We had been eying the Skylon for a while. It appeared to give a good vantage point. We were hoping for some good food also. So we headed that way. Pulling into down town Niagara ...