The Swine flu spreading America had caused some concern about our visit to New York, so we had kept a close eye on its progress. The spread had seemed to hit New York then dip out again after the cases were isolated, as we were in the New York state having visited Niagara we decided this was the time to nip in and out before the flu picked up again. We opted to stay a bit out of the centre and get the shuttle bus into Manhattan as they run until 1am, giving us p...

Niagara falls stretches from the USA into Canada or vice versa, from the US side you can only see part of the falls and it is only part. You can pay to go out on the observation tower which is said to give a better view, but we will come back to that. The other option is to take a boat trip on the 'Maid of the Mist', or the best option which was recommended to us by several people on the Inca including two Canadians was to walk across the bridge into Canada and v...