Niagara Falls

On July 31st, we visited the Niagara Falls. It was awesome.. You should see for yourself the force with which it was hitting the huge rocks underneath.. The water splashed in all directions and the mist rose high. It was beautiful. The one to the left of the below picture is the American falls. The one at the center is the horse-shoe falls.

This is the Maid of the Mist ride!! We went so close to the falls.. If it was not for the rain coat they provided, I would have been soaking wet!! Anyway, I was ;) I removed my hood!! It was sort of cloudy and when we neared the falls, the sprinkling water felt like rain.. The water was green like soda.The boat created ripples in the soda-green water... which reminds me of my virtual pet, tamagotchi (it was soda-green in color)...I miss it :( Coming back to niagara, the air felt very heavy with the mist that breathing was very hard.. Every one was enjoying the 'rain'. So was I. The falling water was milk-white. So was the water which hit the rocks and the noise it created blocked out all the other noises. It was like heaven compared to the otherwise sweltering weather.

It was around 10 pm when we went to the Cave of Winds (it was not a cave, actually). I didn't take any picture as doing so would have destroyed the camera, which I didn't want ;) There were three falls. The lighting on them made the falls look heavenly! I still can't imagine how these people could build a deck soooo near the falls!! must have built it in winter when most of the water must have frozen.. My mum  was hesitant to let me go near the falls. My cousin managed to convince her and I got to stand at the corner of the deck. Though the water which fell on us was the water which splashed after hitting the rocks, the force was enormous!! It was like 1000 fire crackers bursting on our backs! I stood there for a long time! It was fun!! & I was freeeeeeeezing! And believe it or not, there were rainbows!! yeah... at 10 pm!! It was because of the splashing water and  the artificial lights passing through it. It looked great against the dark night sky. When the lighting changed to red, the falls looked deadly... oohhh... it was like a huge bloody water fall....

Once again, we got to view these falls from the top.. It was completely dark and the city (actually it is the country,Canada) enveloping it looked beautiful with the iridescent lighting... It was striking...A blend of nature and man-made concrete jungles (sorry if it sounds cliche). Imagine how it would be if the whole ocean was to fall from a great height... the force... you will be lost under it... Niagara matches this explanation..