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The following photos were taken on Wednesday, August 25, 2005—my last third day at UWO (University of Western Ontario) for my NORTH dental research.

My supervisor was very generous, giving me an extra day off, so that I can visit Niagara Falls since it’s so close to London. When I was at Niagara Falls, I took >500 photos during that single day. I took Greyhound bus from London via Toronto to Niagara Falls. Since there wasn’t any direct bus from London to Niagara Falls, I had to pass Toronto. Hence, a 2-hour trip became 4-hour. Two hours from London to Toronto and then another two from Toronto to Niagara Falls. When I told this fact to people in the lab, all of them were shocked to find out it took 4 hours from London to Niagara Falls, since it takes only 1.5-2 hours from London to Toronto and London is even closer to Niagara than Toronto.

When I booked my trip, I wasn’t sure how big Niagara Falls is and how many scenic sites there are. So, I booked an early trip in hope to see the entire Niagara in one day. I took Greyhound at 4am in the morning, which means I woke up at 3am. That’s early. By the time, I got there it’s 8:50am. Yep, the bus was late. Unsure where I was heading after getting off at a Greyhound station, I trusted my gut, followed the sun, and headed toward south in search of the Falls. Initially I thought I was going in the wrong direction, because I couldn’t find any sign of the Falls, except for many residential houses. I expected there would be lots of people, shops, restaurants, etc, but all I saw was a very quite place with lots of residential houses. Then I saw a lady watering her garden and asked her the direction to Downtown. She said, “That way,” with a finger pointing toward north. Apparently my face showed a puzzled, shocking expression. She then asked, “Where are you going?” I was hesitant a few seconds because initially I wanted to say “Niagara Falls”, but the entire place is called Niagara Falls itself. That wouldn’t help me if I said that. I’d better come up with a unique name, hence I told her “Skylon Tower.” She smiled and pointed south. All of a sudden I felt so relieved. I was indeed heading in the correct direction. From this, I learned that Greyhound station was actually in Downtown Niagara, which doesn’t look like a downtown at all (I’m seiours!!!). After that I headed east first until I hit the river side and then walked along Niagara River to see the Falls. Along the way, I saw many big, long buses passing by back and forth. Those must be the “People Mover” bus that a NORTH student mentioned to me. Then I saw the power house dams, followed by American-Canadian Bridge, and finally the Falls.

I stayed in Niagara Falls till 10pm and still didn’t finish seeing everything!!! There are simply too many places to visit around the Falls. By the time I got back to UWO, it was already 3am. Exactly one whole day, 24-hour trip. The following album is part 1 of the Niagara Falls trip. There are too many photos to upload at one time, so I break them into parts.

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