Canada – Niagara Express Tour (1000 islands)
1 Comment July 27, 2010 / Posted in Travel
This church in 1000 island is the most photographed
My friend Christine booked me for a 3 days tour to Niagara Falls from Montreal. I’ve always wanted to visit Niagara Falls so I was very excited.
I arrived early to join the local tour operator, didn’t want to risk it to be late. The bus left Montreal in the morning and entour to Toronto and Niagara Falls we stopped by 1000 islands. Some of the islands reside in the USA and some in the Canada. There are a lot of things you can do here but due to time constraints, I had to settle with taking a boat cruise to enjoy the islands sceneries as well as some holiday houses. I was told that there are more than 1000 islands despite its name, to be qualified as an Island, an island must be above the water 365 days a year and must support two living trees.
Mai on a cruise around 1000 islands
One of the many islands in 1000 islands - some island belong to USA some in Canada
Continuing on the journey, we drove along some of the craziest, widest and busiest highway in North America (Highway 401) which at one stage has a total 18 lanes (no kidding), we drove around Lake Ontario passing a steel refinery town and locks.
The busiest and widest highway in North America - the widest part has up to a total of 18 lanes
Lock
We stopped by Toronto for a toilet break and then continued our journey all the way to Niagara Falls.
When I arrived to get my first glimpse of the almighty Niagara Falls, I was welcomed by this lovely rainbow.
A rainbow welcome me to my first glimpse of Niagara Falls
WOW, what a great waterfall. Words cannot describe how enormous and powerful the fall felt. There are actually 2 falls – The American Fall and the Horse Shoe fall which belongs to Canada. Anyhow, due to a long drive, we are all dying to get into our hotel, straight to the bar and dinner.
Niagara falls - the one of the left hand side is the American fall, the one on the right hand side is the horse shoe fall belongs to Canada
The horse shoe fall belongs to Canada (one of the falls of Niagara)
The American Fall (one of the falls of Niagara)
Some more photos from thousand islands and Niagara -
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- This church in 1000 island is the most photographed
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- Mai on a cruise around 1000 islands
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- One of the many islands in 1000 islands – some island belong to USA some in Canada
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- The busiest and widest highway in North America – the widest part has up to a total of 18 lanes
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- Lock
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- A rainbow welcome me to my first glimpse of Niagara Falls
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- Niagara falls – the one of the left hand side is the American fall, the one on the right hand side is the horse shoe fall belongs to Canada
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- The American Fall (one of the falls of Niagara)
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- The horse shoe fall belongs to Canada (one of the falls of Niagara)
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- My Dinner at Niagara
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- My dinner at Niagara joined by a television? What the?
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