Saturday in Toronto – CN Tower
Yesterday I went to the CN tower with my uncle. It is 553.33 metres (more than half a kilometre!) tall and can be seen from the looking boulevard or the skypod.
The skypod is right on top, while the looking boulevard is below the skypod. The world has changed and we have modern wonders. In India, we visit forts and temples and here in Canada, the attraction is an antenna! Ok, so it’s the tallest antenna in the world.
(Image taken from www.cntower.ca)
The best part was the glass (or plastic?) floor on the top on which you could walk and on looking below you could see Toronto far away right under your feet. It does give a feeling that you are going to fall through.
After enjoying beautiful views and being whipped by the wind up there, we went downstairs to enjoy the movie simulation experience. It was not advisable for people with weak hearts and we could just raise our hand and wave it if we wanted the simulation ride to stop. so i was suitably tingly and thrilled before the ride. At least we could stop it. In India, if you climb onto a giant wheel all the screaming and crying and bawling will not stop the giant wheel until its paisa vasool for you! My uncle and I sat in a mini theatre in chairs with seat belts. The movie started playing - it was an animation from the view of a person on a roller coaster. We went down chutes and landed in water amidst crocodiles and logs falling down over us. And while this happened, our seats jerked sideways and forwards according to the motion in the video, water jets sprayed down at us and something lashed at our feet, quite like crocodiles nipping at your ankles mildly. The best part, however, was my uncle screaming like a 5 year old! Priceless!
September 23rd, 2007 - 12:06
Actually, the tallest antena in the world is located in North Dakota (KVLY-TV mast). But they need “strings” to keep that one up (and you can’t go up in it). There used to be a taller one in Poland, but it colapsed.