Niagara Rainbow Motel & Campground
Travel Blogs from Niagara Falls
Mealy in the Mist
... awkward plastic chairs I attempt to sleep upwards, as I have done in the past. At 8am on the DOT we jump in a cab and head to Buffalo Hostel Downtown. The lady on reception, Jessica, is lovely! She's so happy and friendly! Thank god our dorms available and we head straight upstairs for a much needed nap... Zzzzz... 3 hours later we wake up and head downtown Buffalo to see what's about. FYI, Buffalo doesn't have much to offer other ...
Completing the Loop
... the Visitor Information Centre where we bought a ticket to see a documentary, cyclorama and the museum. We were ushered into the documentary first where we got all the details about the 3 day conflict as narrated by Morgan Freeman. The cyclorama was interesting because I've never seen one before. Basically it is a circular painting where sounds and lights highlight different parts of the battle with a narration over the top. It was well done, but because it was such a large ...
Day 12 - Day at Niagara
... who had been there very passionately recommended visiting the Canadian side over the American side. I also took in to consideration the fact that for any of the “official” attractions we would be paying $40. Maid of the Mist, IMAX movie, Journey behind the Falls, Butterfly Gardens, Cave of the Winds....$40, $40, $40, $40, $40. Whatever the attraction was it generally was going to cost $15 each for adults, $10 for William and MC was free for pretty much all of ...
Niagara Falls
... at 10 to see "The Falls Movie: Legends and Daredevils" and museum based on the people and all the craft that had gone over the falls. This spectacular IMAX movie takes you back to the days when Native people worshipped the thunder spirits, and the first European encounter of this wild wonder of nature. Meet the daredevils who challenged the fury of the Falls, from the Great Blondin, who completed a death-defying tightrope walk over the ...
Drive comes before The Falls
... a mad fish-eye zoom to him.
He knocked twice more, then spent the next ten minutes padding about outside knocking on a few other doors and chatting to his mate. Made me nervous, as you might imagine, and I couldn't get back to sleep for a beard's age.
Next morning I'm shattered and the sight of the Friendly's server and her mugs of coffee made me very happy.
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