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So I’ve gotten quite a few requests for me to “finish” my blog. Well, it will never be finished since I hope to update it every now and then, but I do have one more stop on my All You Can Jet trip that I haven’t talked about: Canada.<\/p>\n

Canada wasn’t a place I really knew much about, except for the fact that we make fun of them for saying “eh?” and “aboot”. JetBlue doesn’t fly into Canada per say, but they do flu to Buffalo, New York – a mere 30 minute drive to Niagara Falls, and Canada. The first thing I did when I arrived in Buffalo was to goto Anchor Bar, the birthplace of the buffalo wing.<\/p>\n

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Anchor Bar in Buffalo, NY. Birthplace of Buffalo Wings!<\/p><\/div>\n

The place was packed! The wait was over 2 hours just for a table, so I decided to get some buffalo wings to go, which was a bad decision. Cold chicken wings are always <\/strong>a bad decision, because they always taste awful. This was no exception. Not to worry though, because I would eventually come back to get lunch right before my outbound flight.<\/p>\n

The first night I spent in Niagara Falls, Canada. Thanks to an overbooking error from a popular hotel website, I was bumped from a crappy, mediocre motel to an upscale hotel with a room overlooking Niagara Falls! Man, the falls sure are pretty at night.<\/p>\n

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Niagara Falls at night, Canadian side.<\/p><\/div>\n

The next day, I headed out to Canada’s largest city – Toronto. It was about 2 hours away, but I had heard some amazing things about Toronto that I had to check it out. I didn’t have a plan of places to see, but just to absorb the culture of the city. When I got there I decided to check out a little hole in the wall restaurant called New York Subway. I thought it was funny because it was an Indian\/Mexican fusion restaurant, both of which have nothing to do with New York.<\/p>\n

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New York Subway right next to a regular Subway. How funny.<\/p><\/div>\n

After lunch, I decided to check out a place I has heard about called Honest Ed’s. It’s supposedly the most popular and well-known store in Quebec, Canada so I wanted to see what it really was like.<\/p>\n

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Honest Ed's!<\/p><\/div>\n

Inside the place was….interesting. It has an atmosphere like a garage sale with the merchandice of a low end department store, like Walmart.<\/p>\n

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Honest Ed's - Inside!<\/p><\/div>\n

There was some pretty crazy things for sale. Anyone want an Elvis bust? They had ’em. Different colors too!<\/p>\n

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Elvis statuette's from Honest Ed's<\/p><\/div>\n

Maybe you really, really like Barak Obama and just have to have him on your tote bag. The only problem is which one to buy.<\/p>\n

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Barak Obama Tote Bags, such a deal!<\/p><\/div>\n

Ok, so after all that excitement I decided to head to Toronto’s signature attraction, the CN Tower.<\/p>\n

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The CN Tower<\/p><\/div>\n

If the photo looks familiar, it’s because I took a near-similar one when the trip started in Seattle. Check that out here<\/a>. Unlike the Seattle Space Needle, the CN tower wanted $27 to go to the top! No thank you. and I know what you’re saying: “But Adam, that Canadian money!” and you’d be right, but the exchange rate was currently so close to the US dollar that they just did an even 1\/1 ratio. Too expensive for my blood.<\/p>\n

One of the interesting things about Canada that I noticed is that they love their national flag. When I say love, I mean really really love their flag. You see it everywhere: on bumper stickers, at car lots, on restaurant menu’s. Hell, I even saw a cardboard box with shipping tap of the Canadian flag:<\/p>\n

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Canadian Flag tape!<\/p><\/div>\n

The next morning, I woke up early because – well, it was my last day of my trip. I decided to make the best of it by going on the Maid of the Mist boat ride under Niagara Falls. Unfortunately, it was 38 degrees out and I did not <\/strong>want to get wet. So I did the second best thing, head to the Skylon tower that overlooks the falls!<\/p>\n

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Skylon Tower overlooking Niagara Falls<\/p><\/div>\n

At least the Skylon tower was only $10 as opposed to the CN Tower. Highway robbery, I tell ya. It’s said that the Canadian side of the falls has a much better view then the American side. I found that to be absolutely true, as most of the water falls from the American side, leaving the awesome views to the Canadian side.<\/p>\n

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Niagara Falls: The Horseshoe Falls (with the Maid of the Mist in the middle!)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Niagara Falls: View of the American walkway<\/p><\/div>\n

I have several more photos of Niagara Falls that I’ll be posting at a later date, along with the rest of my photo collection.<\/p>\n

It was almost time to leave, but before I did I had to go back and try fresh buffalo wings from Anchor Bar in Buffalo. The result: it was ok. I mean, don’t get me wrong, they were good but I’ve had buffalo wings just as good at many other places. But hey, at least I’ve tried them. I then headed to the airport to fly back to LA.<\/p>\n

And so like that, the 30 days of travel was over. 24 separate flights totaling over 31,000 miles visiting 5 different countries. It was a life-changing\u00a0 journey that I’ll never forget. I’ve met amazing people, seen amazing places and had amazing experiences.<\/p>\n

JetBlue, thank you.<\/p>\n