Randomness from the Phone pt.3 - Toronto

Not really done all in one trip, mainly done from the numerous times we went.

Toronto! It may be only 4 hours away (by car) and many of you (all 2 of you that read this) have probably been to destinations more exotic and distant than that, but going to Toronto is always good fun, especially if you come from a boring-ass city like Ottawa. And I've already outlined to many others, its the actual journey, the freedom of the "road trip". Road trips as a kid were defined by the guidelines and destinations set by your parents, bound to the backseat of the car. Nowadays however, that is not the case. You see everything on your own, plan your own shit, get lost on your own, get drunk on your own, pass out with the two strippers that you had hired on your own... what, oh shit, sorry, I didn't say that. Anyway...


Ahh yes, Niagara Falls, the hallowed location where Superman once trod. Not much to say here. The pic is pretty shitty, but for my phone camera it wasn't bad. And it is again, one of those things that is comparable to The Matrix. You cannot be told what it is, you have to see it for yourself.




Now here is something interesting, on the rails on the viewing platform at Niagara, there is this sign, which depicts a man going over the rails, and warning us of the impending danger. How very thoughtful, thank you for that. It's not as if the thousand liters of gushing water and ice barreling over a 57m drop to crash and churn in the rocky ground below was enough of a warning, but thanks nonetheless.


On the most recent trip, Meynard shouted us a trip to Paramount Canada's Wonderland, the "premier" theme park in Canada. Anyway, Mimay did point out that it was a branch of the Australian version, Australia's Wonderland. Wow. I did not notice that. Anyway, the one we went to in Australia I thought was ok, but we come here and find that there are more than 13 rollercoasters of greater quality? Now I really felt like I'm from the Third World. My innocence to the world shows. Anyway, Much of the day was spent waiting in line, even though we get there early, we had to wait for about 40-60mins to get on a ride.

What was interesting, was that they also had a Hanna Barbera (sp) section, (the people that made Flinstones, Yogi Bear, etc), the same as Australia's Wonderland. And when I was 6 yrs old or so, I have a picture of me in the merry go round at Australia's Wonderland, sitting in the lap of a giant shark cartoon character as one of the chariots on this merry go round. And when we go to the one here in Canada, there is the exact same one! I should've got a picture taken, but I didn't remember it till it was too late. Oh well.


Alright, so near the end of the day, we go on a ride, where Tristan, the person pictured, declines and says he'll wait for us at the bottom. When we get back to him, we find him prone on the bench, fast asleep. Naturally, the next step....



...Would be to take pictures with the sleeping guy. However, he awoke to our shenanigans before we could get random people to pose with him.