Motel 6 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 ...

... holiday weekend. It took us approx 30 mins to line up and get a body pat down to enter the gates. Everyone was not happy and many said they had never seen it that bad. Must have know the 2 Aussies were coming today!

The game was pretty cool and exciting up till the last 3 and a half mins. Buffalo won the game but still a great day to see Miami in action. Next time I see them will be in Miami tho as ...

... 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

November 18, 2009

I was blessed to be able to drive to Niagara Falls from Buffalo, NY on November 18, 2009. It was a short drive and did not know what to really expect. I arrived, parked, got a map and walked. As I was walking through the state park, I could hear the rushing sounds of water rapids flowing vigorously. I walked closer and finally saw the rapids from the lake. It was a great sight to see! I followed the rapids along the shore and all ...

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Day 2: We had purchased our Adventure Pass before we even headed up to Niagara...it seemed like a very fair price for all that is included, and I think it was a good decision. Admission to the 4 main attractions & transportation on the people mover were
all covered with the pass. It was a bit rainy that day which was excellent for seeing the park. It kept the crowds down ...

... but it looks like someone punched him, because his chin's not on straight anymore and his mouth doesn't really match the words coming out of his mouth. There's also a new MGM attraction, and a bunch of other new fun houses and video game centres that I didn't really investigate on the other side of the street. But I found it worse than it used to be, despite their efforts. We continued along the parkway again, getting our free sample of fudge at the Hershey store and then looking at ...

... great meals in Niagara Falls, first a steak at an Italian restaurant, which was the first time either of us had felt like meat since arriving in Louisiana and discovering the delights of the sea. We pretty much stuck to seafood in one form or another all the way up the east coast, but magically when we started inland heading west, our desire for meat returned. The kids have been largely unaffected by regional variations; hamburgers, chicken ...

... we made it to the falls thankfully it had eased and allowed us to take a few photos without umbrellas. What a spectacular landmark to see.... The force of the water is phenomenal, we were surprised they actually take rafts out into the rapids (we gave that a miss this time). We finally found somewhere warm to defrost seeing as we looked like drowned rats by the end of it after the rain decided not to be so kind to us!

... snappers but not that many though perhaps due to the frigid temperature. The river below which you can usually sail down to get up close and personal with the falls was completely frozen over with just the cascading water the only part not solid. In retrospect it should not really have been a surprise given the time of year but I had always pictured the falls as you would expect with a flowing river beneath the veil of mist rather than an ice rink ...