New Orleans, United States Travel Blogs

Blue...Blue Bayou!
Feb 5, 2008 (4 photos)

... south of the city. The map shows a few roads but they are probably built on piles like the Interstate heading into New Orleans.   So I drove on the south shore of New Orleans, crossed over the Mississippi, and landed in downtown rush hour ...

Headline: "The World Will End Tomorrow!"
Feb 4, 2008 (28 photos)

...   "Sodom and Gomorrah vs. Billy Graham"   "Scientists Discover the Meaning of Life in New Orleans!"   " Love-Happiness-Belonging: Heaven on Earth Found on South Pacific Island"   My ...

Made it to the Big Easy!
Feb 3, 2008 (1 photos)

... more beads in all shapes & sizes.   I leave the trailer and head in the general direction of downtown New Orleans. I know I'm getting close when the streets are barricaded and I can hear a lot of noise echoing throughout the buildings. I ...

Getting mauled by a shooter girl at Mardi Gras!
Feb 6, 2008

... I find a recently vacated spot and park the truck.   Today was experiment day. Harrah's Casino is located in downtown New Orleans. This is a Las Vegas style casino. It's huge. A while back I had a notion that perhaps the solution to my ...

Driving & Walking America's Most Interesting City!
Feb 8, 2008 (54 photos)

... its original splendour.   Back in the truck I headed to Lakeshore Drive. The northernmost boundary of New Orleans. The Lakeview neighbourhood borders Lake Pontchartrain. This neighbourhood is/was considered moderately affluent. Most of this ...

All That Jazz!! (Not just in Chicago you know!!)
Aug 13, 2003 (4 photos)

... a lady had recommended we go to the "Court of Two Sisters" for dinner and we happened across it on Bourbon Street (New Orleans most renowned street) so we went there for dinner. It was really nice. A little courtyard with water fountains and really good ...

"Muscle Beach here I come..."
Oct 31, 2004 (10 photos)

... we did: Jerry's free 17hr tour of New York Worse Value for money thing: Hiring the car! Worse Hostel: New Orleans Best Hostel: Vancouver HI Friendliest People: Portland Unfreindliest people: Washington Nicest scenery on train: Between San Fran ...

NOLA Day III
Aug 29, 2006 (15 photos)

We need a shower. I mean, we really need a shower... Don't get me wrong, most people down here need a shower ;-) But I can see us starting to lose interviews based upon the fact that we need a shower. We have a shower in Bokeh, but it's currently being ...

NOLA Day V
Aug 30, 2006 (4 photos)

I am a technical idiot. I posted pics from yesterday to today's post, but didn't write anything for today's post until tomorrow's post. Huh??? Basically, I'd have to remove the pics from this post, change the links in yesterday's post, and move ...

First Impressions of New Orleans.
Jul 7, 2005

... news about the London Bombings. Our sympathy goes out to all those people injured or killed and their families. We finally got to New Orleans around 3pm and after a stupid taxi ride we got to the hostel - St Vincent's Guesthouse. The room was pretty ...

Live, from New Orleans... it's Chris!
Aug 26, 2006 (6 photos)

... , a/c, power for the tv to watch the local news, and our computers and cell phones charging. Things we HATE: that New Orleans is nowhere near recovery Things we LOVE: Southern Animal Foundation and Southern hospitality Oh, and one more thing... ...

leaving nola headed for mississippi
Aug 31, 2006

Yesterday we went to go meet this very nice NOLA police officer we met on Monday. He gave a great interview while Chris was setting up the camera for the portrait. But then, the PIO (public information officer for those of you not in the system ;-) was ...

"Jazz... Nice!"
Oct 20, 2004 (5 photos)

... us 2 seats each and 2 pillows.. it was like Christmas had come early! We actually travelled through 10 states and countlesscities on our way to New Orleans. There isnt actually much to do on these trains so we spent most of the time trying to amuse ...

From Island Retreat to Magazine Street
Aug 26, 2006 (6 photos)

... it up and headed for NOLA... When I drove down here myself last November, I came into the area known as East New Orleans and was completely overwhelmed... I remember calling our friend Robert, in tears, saying, "It's horrible! Just horrible... I had ...

The first rule of daiquiri club is: watch ...
Nov 26, 1999 (7 photos)

... and a couple more beers. The R&B Club has music until 8am. I didn't even come close to making it. As I mentioned earlier, New Orleans has a rich musical tradition but the most popular bar on Bourbon Street is Cat's Meow - a karoake bar. You should only ...

Mardi Gras!
Feb 14, 2007 (35 photos)

... we saw on the drive in from the airport we saw no indication that anything had happened to New Orleans. I never experianced service issues at restaurants due to the reported labour shortages and the french quarter/downtown area that we ...

New Crazy
Jan 30, 2004 (3 photos)

... I went to bed. The next day, Australia Day, I went on the Creole Queen Paddlewheeler on the Mississippi, the reason I was in New Orleans. After clapping eyes on the Mississippi I am glad that the Murray is my local river. The river is so big, dirty and ...

Adam and Steve
Aug 13, 2005

And I thought I had seen it all in Bangkok. Actually I did but there's still quite a bit in New Orleans. Saturday night in The Big Easy is ironically not very easy. You start with fighting off drunk revellers crowding the street, leapfrog random piles of ...

The Anniversary
Aug 29, 2006 (3 photos)

... ), an unexpected meeting with Al Gore and his son and an almost relocation to Chattanooga, TN. Eileen is a great example of a New Orleansian, and she does a great job of explaining why folks down here are, in her own words, "different." As we were ...

The French Quarter (World/US&C)
Jun 16, 2005 (2 photos)

... place, and it is one of the most fascinating places I have been to thus far. It's just so unique, not only within the United States, but around the world. We stayed at a hotel within the French Quarter which you can easily get around by walking. The ...

The Big Easy
Jul 8, 2005 (10 photos)

... use the internet if we bought a coffee. After finding some cheap accommodation in Atlanta, we continued walking into the city. New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz, and Louis Armstrong. We walked to Jackson Square and then down the Mississippi river, ...

NOLA Day II
Aug 27, 2006 (15 photos)

... (most strays and ferals do not come out until night) and saw plenty. Don't kid yourself that the "animal situation" in New Orleans is solved. Here are the sightings within an hour: One black cat seen at the corner of Tennessee and Florida Avenues ...

Paint the town rouge?
Jun 12, 2005

... a room more than an hour in advance for two cheap bastards and a dog. Not us thats for sure. So our plans of painting New Orleans rouge went slightly awry. However its burbs are lovely this time of year. And by the way, when the Chateau de amour say free ...

Our Garmisch friends get married
Mar 28, 2008 (28 photos)

... get 'Germany' drunk....)  Now unless you're a Garmisher this entry might be a little boring since our time in New Orleans involved catching up with old friends while eating and drinking everything in site (what about my Aussie friends who know Anita, ...

The Garden District (US&C)
Jun 18, 2005 (4 photos)

On the day I went to the Garden District of New Orleans, my husband was at a conference. So I walked down the street from our hotel, and caught the trolley. The trolley ride itself was a lot of fun, and you get to see a lot of the beautiful Greek Revival, ...

The New Orleans Restaurant Scene (World/US&C)
Jun 16, 2005 (4 photos)

... Paris as the best food on earth. You absolutely cannot beat the fresh seafood. DH and I had a wonderful time sampling what New Orleans had to offer. From a wonderful, and memorable dinner at Broussard's, to kitchen counter dining at Emeril's, it was all ...

Remiss- Catching Up
Aug 11, 2006

... ) walked in and suddenly I was chopped liver! So it goes. Both of them gave stern warnings, and the bartender joined in, about New Orleans (N.O.) they said it was far more dangerous than reported on the news, said to never get lost, never be off a main ...

APril 8 - New Orleans (2 days worth)
Apr 8, 2000

... of the nightlife and got home somehow. Details are sketchy but I managed to spend about $120 in one evening. SATURDAY 8 APRIL - NEW ORLEANS. DAY 19 The Aussie boys got up at about 1pm so we kicked around a bit, yarning about the previous night. ...

New Orleans to Atlanta
Sep 28, 2006 (37 photos)

Was up early today and decided to head out the Ninth Ward before returning the rental car, which was the place most hit by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, Drove from the Hostel which took about 25 minutes. When I arrived at the Ninth Ward it was so ...

Days 31-32
Jun 2, 2009 (11 photos)

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