June 09, 2003
More Of Toronto
Well it's been a couple of days since my last entry, done a few things since then. Firstly on Friday night I ended up going to the CN Tower again with Evan to see how it looks at night, then up early on Saturday for a walking tour which wasn't that bad but the guide really wasn't very good. Ended up having an alright lunch in chinatown which was tasty enough. Pretty much just sat around on Saturday afternoon before going out with a few people firstly to another hostel with a bar (Global Village), then onto a bar and another, which sold wonderful 4 litre pitchers of beer. This place also had a little dance floor and it was just like Pop Tarts (music wise), although apparently Rhythm is a Dancer by Snap is a B-Side over here, fancy that. After driving round in a taxi looking for a bar that was open even later than 2 we decided not to bother and just went home.
The best picture of a moose all trip, from the evening visit to the CN Tower
Then up even earlier on Sunday morning to get on the Magic Bus to Niagara Falls. Quite a funky bus, painted up all psychedaelic and a great driver telling stories etc about where we were going. First stop was a vineyard for a bit of wine tasting (well fruit wine, wasn't that bad but not really my cup of tea). Then we headed down to the falls and took the Maid of the Mist boat ride into the Canadian Falls and I don't think I've ever been in a downpour quite like it, it's just incredibly wet when you get close to it, so the pictures really don't do it justice. After the boat ride we had a little stroll round to get some more pictures, before meeting up with the rest of the bus in the Wild Mushroom, which if you're in Niagara is the best bar to go to (unless you like Blackpool type amusements!) After the bar we headed down to view the whirlpool and over the Canadian Dam, and finally saw the monument to the Canadians beating the Americans.
Inside the Canadian Falls (I'm behind the blob of water)
The Canadian Falls
Got back around 7:45 just in time for the hostel organised pub crawl, except the leader wasn't turning up, so me and 2 other lads (one from Sheffield, the other Irish) just decided to make our own little pub crawl. We ended up in some awful, awful club called Joes which looked just a little trendy, and was playing retro-80's, this should be translated as eighties music that you've never heard of and when you have heard of it, it was plain wrong because they'd stuck an awful beat over the top. Still there was a stage and some amusement in the form of this japanese lad who appeared to think he was teaching a tai chi class, rather than being in a club.
Not sure what I'm going to do today yet, may head down for a tour of the Skydome or take a ferry out to Central Island, both are supposed to be quite good.
Posted by Alexis at June 9, 2003 06:26 PM