Day 4: Bus ride to Niagara Falls

The third day of the tour was rather uneventful. The highlight of the trip was Niagara Falls and the entire day was spent getting there. On route, we made two stops - Hersheys Chocolate Factory and Corning Museum of Glass.

Hersheys Chocolate factory. I was rather excited at first but was kinda disappointed in the end. I thought the factory would be the real deal..but it turned out to be a "theme park" for the kids. I would be very excited if I were 20 yrs younger. The chocolate factory tour is too cutesy for me. Oh well, at least I got a free chocolate bar.

There were other stuff to do..like watching a show, learning to make chocolate..but we did not have enough time for that. So after lunch, off we go to Corning Museum of Glass.
Corning Museum of Glass. Yes, first thing came to my mind was the glass pots my mum called Corning ware. And yes it came from here. But I was not interested in cooking pots, there were many beautiful glass exhibits in the museum such as this one..

Looks like an aquarium encased in glass.

The glass chess set was another intricate masterpiece as well.

A giant standing glass chandelier.

The highlight was a 20min show demonstrating how the glass vases were hand crafted. A simple vase took many rounds of painstaking work by the lady here to form. It took repeated heating, forming, heating and spinning to form the shape you desire.

At the end of the session, there was a lucky draw and two lucky winners went home with vases. Unfortunately, its not me.

Then it was anothe 4 hours ride to reach niagara falls. Its a pity we were late and we couldnt get better lighting to view the magnificent horseshoe falls.

Nevertheless, it was amazing seeing the falls right before me.

My attempt to capture the falls in night mode. I was very happy to be able to get the waterfall effect with my camera. hehee

Beside the horseshoe falls is the american falls which we would eventually visit the next morning.