Blackpool with a waterfall!

It's safe to say I wasn't that impressed with Niagara Falls. The Falls themselves are amazing and doing the Maid of the Mist boat tour where you get dressed in a blue bin bag then still get soaked as a tiny boat pushes close to the bottom of the waterfalls was really breathtaking but the town itself is like Blackpool, tacky, glowing with neon and packed with casinos, amusement arcades and crappy restaurants.


In contrast, Niagara-on-the-Lake, half an hour up the road, is gorgeous. It's been preserved as a historic town so there are lots of little shops and bars that fit in with the surroundings instead of being an eyesore.