At the Buffalo Airport, Roy and Jx went in search of car rental while the rest of us washed up and changed into fresh clothes.
Behold what vehicle they came up with!! We had 8 passengers + LOADS of luggage, so they had to rent a what we all call the "Tua Leng Gong" aka 12 seater van!!!! BY RIGHT, we were not allowed to drive it because this TRUCK is way above the weight limit which our drivers' license permits us to, but that's by right. We're all glad we had the vehicle, because everyone had alot of leg room and personal seating space for the ride to Niagara falls, which is located about 45 mins from the airport.
Above is us moving our luggage into the van and getting ready to move off! =)
First stop is lunch! What food comes into your mind when you see 'Buffalo'? Ermmmm... okay, you may have thought of the animal buffalo, but NO! We had Chicken!!! WAHAHA!
These are called Buffalo Wings! Spicy and tangy sour, these wings come in 3 different flavours - mild, medium and spicy. We ordered 12 medium and 12 spicy. They were delicious!!! It goes best with celery and ranch dressing. Btw, ranch is a local dressing which can be found almost everywhere. It's kinda white colour and tastes very unique... donoe how to describe the taste to you haha.
After a full lunch, off we head for the wonderful falls!
The Niagara Falls. It actually is located on the border of USA and Canada, what you see in on the right of the photo above is actually Canada!! Niagara Falls consists of a few falls, the famous ones being Bridal Veil falls, American Falls and the most majestic Horseshoe falls in the background! As its name suggests, it's a U-shaped waterfall. If you can click on the photo, you can make out the shape of a ferry in the top 1/4-centre of the pic. The ferry brings you upclose with the horseshoe falls, and that's where we're going next!
It's going to be very wet with all the water splashing about, so they gave us free raincoats haha. It's USD20 (I think, or less than that) for the once in a lifetime ferry ride. The bridge above us is the connection between USA and Canada.
As the ferry left, we were awed by the sight and sounds of the American Falls... we could actually feel the water droplets on our face.
The pic above shows us at the place where the ferry was on the prev-prev-previous pic. As the ferry moved towards horseshoes falls, you can see the American Falls in the background, and can you see the rainbow!!! PRETTY PRETTY!!! You could actually see the rainbow there with your naked eye! Absolutely beautiful... on the right is the Canada coast (pic below).
The best was saved for the last, right into the middle of the U-shaped Horseshoe Falls. No photos for that scene, because 1) it was too wet to take out our cameras! 2) what you'll see is only mist and water droplets haha. But it was an awesome place to be... the roars of the water falls, the unbelievable majesticity of the natural wonder...
After the unregrettable ferry ride, we slowly explored the place. After passing a bridge, we came to this point where we could see the American Falls from another angle. It's almost sunset now, check out the sunrays on the waterfalls! Beautiful.
A few of us rested our legs while 4 of them went for USD15 'Cave of the Winds',which allows you to walk beneath the Bridal Veil Falls... I didn't go for it, but what I heard from them is that it's a MUST-GO! The scene was very pretty and the experience unbelievable, you could actually stand beneath the fall and enjoy the rushing water pouring on your head.
Below are photos from the cave of the winds.
Very soon, it was already near 7. We walked towards the Horseshoe falls, check out the skyline from the pic below... awesome... This is the nearest place nearest to Canada.
We heard the night scenes were pretty, but we were all very hungry so we decided to leave the beautiful place... but I 'kop-ed' a pic from Jitttttttery Jiexin's blog of the night scene of the Horseshoe falls... DAMN IT'S PRETTY!!!!
HAHAHHA. =) Niagara Falls is about 7 hours drive from NYC, do go there and spend half a day if you ever go there! You won't believe how beautiful and wonderful it is. Anyways, we left the place and back to Buffalo City in search of dinner. The city is quite a laid-back one, so by the time we got there (about 10plus) most of the shops and eateries were closed! I accidentally drove the wrong way into a one-way lane (not my fault since they never even warn beforehand!) and I got stopped by a police car who sirened its lights and shone its flash light at us! HAHA!
Fortunately the policeman was a very friendly one. We told him bout our problem and guess what - driving behind his police car, he escorted us to our dinner place! LOL!!!! What an experience! We thanked him much. =)
After dinner, we were ALL very tired and sleepy + the streets were dark and empty = all of us slept! except for the very alert Jx, who we really had to thank because he was the only one awake, he topped up the gas, ensured all our safety while we zzz-ed in the back of the van and brought us back to Buffalo airport, where we would be catching a flight to our next destination, San Francisco....
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