During May my wife and I took a few days break and went to Canada. First stop was Niagara Falls. First time for me and I have to say it was pretty spectacular. Around a 7 hour easy drive. Looked at America Falls (US side) then drove over the border to the Horse Shoe Falls (Canadian Side). The two water falls are separated by Goat Island.
For anyone who makes the trip I strongly encourage you to go over to the Canadian side. The view is much better!
We stayed at the Hilton Hotel in Niagara Falls. Hotel itself was pretty good and we had a special mid week deal. Our room was on the 31st floor and overlooked both sides of the water falls so the view was fantastic. On the fitness side I managed to get to the hotel gym each day although it was the worst hotel gym I've encountered so far within the Americas. Very limited equipment and the elliptical trainer didn't work properly. Quite annoying to not being able to use the elliptical and then also be limited to 10 minutes before the machine reset. The gym was the only disappointment of the trip.
View from the Hotel room
View from the Hotel room
View of America's Falls. The noise and power of the water was amazing and doesn't really come across in the photos that well. I may post a couple of video shots.
Another view of America Falls. This time you can see Goat Island in the background and the spray from the Horseshoe Falls.
Looking at America Falls from Goat Island
Looking down at the Cave of Winds walk which takes you to the base of Americas Falls. We did this and got very wet! Ponchos are provided and it was great fun.
Some dude on the Cave of Winds.. I wonder who he was...
A better photo to see the scale of the falls. Once again taken at the base while walking the Cave of Winds trail
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