Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Niagara, ey!



This is the view you have if you are on top of the Skylon tower in Canada. The Canadian Horseshoe Falls are the one with the huge misty cloud arising from its center. You can even see this foggy fountain when you are on the road heading to the town. It's really gigantic! The Horseshoe Falls are anyway much larger compared to the American Falls. It's 2200 feet (671m) wide and 173 feet (56m) high. First it also sounded a bit unbelievable to me but hey, I am going to trust the geologists when they assert that approximately 90% of the water of the Niagara River flows over the Horseshoe Falls, while the other 10% flows over the American Falls. That's a significant difference I'd say.
On the pic showing the American Falls (well, ought to be the other one, ey!) you can see our hotel. Its the closest accomodation to the Falls and has this light green roof. Okay, I admit it's hard to recognize, but you'll see if you enlarge the picture by clicking on it. :) The hotel was so close to the Falls you heard their rumbling and rushing noise day and night, but after a while you got used to it.

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