Niagara Falls, ON, Canada

Well here we go. I came to Niagara Falls with intentions of checking out the water fall. However, I ended up living here in the HI Hostel for just over three months and working on Clifton Hill the street of dreams for children and hell for adults. Nailed a job in Niagara Falls as a Supervisor at 'Adventure City', which is an arcade with rides attatched to it. Had a great time here and met some great people.

The falls themselves were a bit of a let down for me in comparison to what I had seen at Iguasu Falls in South America but the Canadians had certainly made a big deal about the falls.

Heres a picture of the HI Hostel in Niagara Falls where I lived for 3 months and had a wicked time. Certainly a very cool place to stay for a 3 month period.

Certainly spotted plenty of Squirrels around the hostel. This one has probably just fetched some food out of the dumpster.

Here is the area where I worked for the 3 months I was in Niagara Falls. The entrance to the arcade is at the back of the MGM building. All of the stuff in the picture though was all linked to the arcade as well as it was all owned by the same guy. Very wealthy man!

Clifton Hill, the street I worked on at night. It was as I could imagine Vegas to be but for kids.

The Iron Horse. My trusty mode of transport in Niagara Falls. It treated me very well. Had some interesting down hill adventures on her though having no brakes.

Standing in front of the American Falls part of Niagara Falls.

This is by far the best view I could find of the Falls and it is from the roof of the Sheraton Hotel. One of the benefits of getting on well with certain people who know the right people at work. The far falls is called the 'Horse Shoe Falls' and is considered the Canadian Falls. The closer Falls is considered the American Falls.

This picture is taken down in the gorge a little bit down from the falls. Chilled out down here a bit just to get away from the craziness of Niagara Falls. Was a really cool spot where you could walk along the rocks and even spotted a Beaver mooching around trying to build something.

Also down in the gorge below the falls. This area was known as the whirlpool. Certainly wouldn't have wanted to be sucked into the middle of this area. The picture does not do the whirlpool justice. Again you can see in this picture that the Canadians managed to make a tourist attraction by putting a wire up and travel people across the whirlpool to get a better view of it. Was a shame they did this everywhere in what would have been such a nice area if left alone.

Had a great time though as I said and will never forget Niagara Falls!

Toronto, ON, Canada

It's been a while since I've updated the blog so I thought it was probably about time to get some pictures of Canada up. We arrived in Canada on the 2nd of June flying into Montreal. We only spent the day in Montreal due to the difficulty of dealing with speaking french and also the fact of wanting to get out and start earning money. Therefore we caught the bus and moved on to Toronto where we were lucky enough to be able to stay with some kiwi lads living in the very centre of Toronto. We spent about 5 days in Toronto just sorting out work related stuff so we could start working as soon as we found a job. Had a great time in Toronto it is a very nice city and there seemed to be plenty to do during the summer months. The city was also very cool in how it had been designed with the city being broken up into different districts, such as the banking district where each big bank had a corner of the street all facing each other and the entertainment district where all the bars are.

Here is the CN Tower. It is located right in the centre of Toronto and is by far the biggest building in Toronto even though there are sky scrapers everywhere. You can go up it and do dinner etc... but it was far to expensive at the time for our budget.

Just a couple of the high-risers from a park in the centre of town.