sit there forever - Niagara

The power of nature. Nature's fury with water. Yet so tamed by the humans to make it a wonder, a marvel rather than a destroyer.
The Niagara is so beautiful. I watch it forever.

Well we started off on Friday night. Came back from office and went to the airport to pick up the Chevy Monte Carlo. Came back, did the packing. Took the maps, the trusty GPS, and started from home around 7:30. Picked up snacks & drinks on the way. Was tired from the whole week at work and i knew the 7 hours drive wouuld feel like 14hours. So we booked a hotel somewhere midway b/w Miamisburg and Niagara. Drove for about 4hrs, reached midnight at the hotel. Checked-in. And dead asleep! Started early morning at 7 from the hotel. And reached our hotel at Niagara at about 10:30. We found out that this hotel was operated by an Indian. Naturally he was willing to help us out in any way possible. He gave and explained us the map to the place and the places of interest - not that any of this was not already available on the internet! Anyways, we started from the hotel around noon.

Got the passport (a collective ticket to visit Niagara attractions) from the visitor center. Nothing could stop us now :) we started towards Niagara. It was an amazing site. The niagara river flows between US & Canada. The niagara river starts from the US side. Turns into the wonderous falls and at the same time form the broder between US & Canada.
Actually there are two falls. The America falls that are completely on the US side. And horse shoe falls that are kindof at the vertex of the US & C border. Both these falls lie on US side but are more clearly visible from the Canada side. The horse shoe falls have come to be known as the Niagara falls. They are about twice in width of the American falls.

The first stop was the observation tower. The tower is actually a half bridge. It starts from the US side over the niagara river and almost goes halfway to the breadth of the river. Just below the observatgion tower is the maid of the mist docking station. You have to take a lift at the observation tower to reach the dock. It's about a 20 storey deep ride.
They give us raincoats. The boat takes us as close to the Niagara as it would be sanely possible. It goes to both American and Horse shoe falls. The horse shoe (just like it sounds) is in the shape of a semi-circle and the boat takes you right to the centre of this semicircle. It was a great view. In front were the horse shoe falls - all the mist falling over you, so loud was the noise of the water falling over that i could hardly hear what others were saying...Behind us was the Niagara river and the American falls.

The maid of the mist was the 2nd best thing to do at Niagara. The best part was the cave of the winds on the American falls. They have built wooden bridges to take you very very close to the American falls. I will probably upload the video i shot from under the falls and post the link here!! You have got to see it!

Besides the falls there were - the chole bhature stand, Jalebis, the adrak waali chai, the chicken biryani, the punjabi dhaba, the idli sambhar, the aquarium, the hot air balloon ride(****), the helicopter ride(***), the Jet boat (*****).