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It is Canada’s second-largest city, but feels European. The most widely spoken language here is French. Narrow streets meander through some beautiful marvels of architecture. Night-life begins even before dusk, and lasts well until dawn. Montreal is magic.

Have spent some time in this beautiful city, and am loving it so far. Was witness to some amazing views when climbing up Mt. Royal yesterday. This is the mountain (Mont Royal) that gives Montreal its name.

On way to Mt. Royal, Montreal

Situated on the border of Ontario (Canada) and Buffalo, NY (USA), the mighty Niagara Falls is composed of the Horse shoe Falls on the Canadian side and American Falls in USA. The Horse shoe falls is 173 feet high and 2600 feet wide while the 1068 feet wide American Falls drops to 100 feet pushing between 4 and 6 million cu.feet of water per minute, making Niagara Falls the most powerful waterfalls in North America.

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The spectacular Lake Louise is situated just over 500 kilometers from Edmonton, Alberta, within minutes from the British Columbia border. A five hour drive from Edmonton through a well maintained scenic highway takes you to the town of Lake Louise, surrounded by huge snow capped mountains and Alpine forests that attracts joggers, mountain climbers, geologists, botanists and other wildlife lovers from around the world. It is a paradise for nature photographers. The area, part of the Banff National Park is packed with numerous lakes and streams which inhabits several species of trouts, including Cutthroat and Bull trout (both species are protected under endangered species Act), as well as Rainbow trout which are allowed to harvest by Anglers with a valid fishing license.

scenic-road-to-Lake-Louise

Wide roads for a smooth drive: Posted speed 110 km/ph

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We started driving from Kona towards the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. While we were driving what struck us was the variety in tropical plants and flowers. The rainforests here were amazing!! We were so enthusiastic; we bought a book about tropical plants and flowers, and started identifying them as we passed them.

Rainforest

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