No, I am not talking about the 1000 Island dressing -yum ; nor am I going to give out any kind of information or experience about a buffalo... lol..
The first destination for our Bus tour was the Thousand
Islands. And yes it did remind me of the Thousand Island dressing and presumably the dressing got it's name from 1000 Islands. Honestly, I have to
admit I hadn't even heard about this place till the time I got to know that it
was a part of our tour. I didn't know there was an archipelago of 1,864 islands
that straddled the U.S and Canada border.
Some islands are spread across a 100 km and some are so small that either
they are occupied by a single residence or have just a tree on it along with
some shrubs. The only way for most of the people to commute is through boats or water Taxi. On our one hour cruise we also saw the smallest 2 islands on the
Canadian and US water joined by a tiny bridge. There were few spectacular
Castles on some islands as well as Alstar Tower which was constructed with
uneven and slanting walls, ceilings and roofs. Although on this trip we could
not have a chance to go to Canada but we did technically enter it through the
international waters.
After the cruise
we travelled the whole day. The bus stopped for dinner at a Chinese restaurant
which served an amazing Buffet with over 100 dishes. After dinner we took a 15
min detour to a supermarket to pick up some food/ drinks for breakfast for the
next day as we were to leave early morning to see the majestic Niagara Falls. I
think we stayed in the city Buffalo for the night which is very close to the Niagara
Falls. This was the end of our Day 1 tour.
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