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New Orleans : Hurricanes and Swamp People
... others no so much), some in a better state than others. Then we got into the more touristy areas around Bourbon street, which again is Unlike any other place I've been. So many voodoo/witchcraft/bizarre shops, plenty of places to get your palm read if you wanted, and of course, plenty of tacky touristy junk. Another really interesting thing about NOLA, is that it's completely legal to drink out on the streets, as long as you've hot a plastic cup,which all of the ...
Day 52 - New Orleans
... also enjoyed some beautiful scenery in the swamp, including some pretty but lethal water hyacinth plants that are clogging up many of the south's waterways and making them impassable. Sometimes pretty isn't so good. We could tell a storm was coming up and that our trip would be cut short, but the tour guide had one more treat in store for us. He had a baby alligator we could admire up close or ...
NOLA Night 1
So, we were on the road to Louisiana... I didn't know how to feel. I had waited for this day for so long and now it was finally here. Would New Orleans live up to my expectations? Would we enjoy Bourbon Street? Is it as dangerous as everyone seems to think? and most importantly, what was it going to be like after Katrina? All these questions were running through my mind as we past by road sign after road sign stating the miles to my Mecca... By first, we had to cross ...
Rated R - New Orleans!
... After that we went on a boat ride that wasn’t really fun because it was boring. On the ride I saw the muddy Mississippi. The boat ride was 2 hours on the Mississippi, but it felt like 1 hour. After the boat ride we went to Bourbon Street. I didn’t like it. I didn’t like it because it was so crowded. I saw a drunk man that fell ...
Feb 5 - NOMA Sculpture Garden
Feb 5
Yesterday when we were chatting with Bob, we asked him about the flooding in this area from Katrina. He said there was flooding, but that this house only had water up over the grass to the foundation (it's elevated off the ground) and none got into the house. However, they are on what he thinks is the highest piece of land in the neighborhood. Other houses in the area had water up to 2 or 3 feet, but not nearly ...
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