niagara falls... again

last weekend, we went to niagara falls (new york side only coz we're not allowed in canadian side). my first time here, i don't have a digicam so i decided to get back here on almost the same exact date as in 2001.

this is the horseshoe falls on canadian side, they said that 90% of the water in niagara gorge comes here, that's 65,000 gallons/second (if i recall it correctly)

the other 10% comes from this falls, the american falls on new york side.

for $11.50 dollar, you can ride maid of the mist (that ferry in the picture) and it will take you as close as possible to the basin of the horseshoe falls, cool!!!

this is the rainbow bridge, it's one of the four bridges that you can cross new york to canada on this side of US. the original bridge here was called honeymoon bridge which collapsed in the winter of 1938 in front of thousands of spectators.

this is what they called the canadian rapids, these water goes straight to the horseshoe falls. i took this picture while we were in three sisters island.

this is the american rapids, according to our tourist guide(driver of the scenic trolley), this rapid was rated at level 6 (which is unusual because the regular rapids are rated from level 1-5, just ask your friend who knows the rating of rapids).

this shot of the american falls was taken while we were at the observation tower during sunset.

this is what you can see every night here. they say the view from the canadian side is better because you have the front view of both falls compare to side view if your in new york side.

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more random pics of niagara falls and its visitors on my next post...