Loads of water...

From Chicago we scooted through 2 more US states without really stopping to do anything and crossed the border again back into Canada.  This time we were heading to Niagara Falls for a couple of nights - we had been there before in 2004 but on a coach trip so we didn't explore too much.

To be honest, there isn't really a massive amount to do there that doesn't involve waterfalls or gambling.  With that in mind, some of the things we did were...

• Horseshoe falls (Canada's side of Niagara) - we saw this in daylight as well as at night (sounds odd, but they light the falls up at night which is pretty neat).

Horseshoe at night

• America's side of the falls - we crossed the border from Canada to see this for a couple of hours at night time.

Pretty cool at night

• Both falls viewed from the Skylon tower.
  

• Drove to Niagara on the lake and admired the massive houses they all have - we reckon they might cost a bit.

(Note the lack of gambling - that's saved for Vegas!)

Apart from that, there isn't much else to look at - unless you like Blackpool (and lets be fair, no one does!).  The tourist town side of Niagara is dreadfully tacky and cheap looking - to illustrate just how bad it is, Rob didn't even take photo!  Astonishing that they have got away with building it all near such a beautiful natural wonder.

All in all, the falls are great.  Rob surprised himself as he always thought the Canadian falls were far superior however, he appears to have changed his mind and now prefers the American side - apparently more photogenic or something.  I just know that I spent hours waiting around for him to take photo's - really how many do you need?