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New Orleans Slideshow
Travel Blogs from New Orleans, United States
Day 7: Lunch in Memphis and on to New Orleans
... your own picture. We decided on a side street to find some Cajun Cookin'. We ate at Oceana. It specializes in typical New Orleans dishes, which I suppose most places down here do, but it looked decent enough. Our meal began with a couple glasses ...
Nawleans,where we got bourbon faced on shit street
... night, cruised through the French Quarter for a bit and found our destination, the Best Western, surprisingly effort less. Krautz hit New Orleans a couple of months ago already so he was kind enough to show me the fine nuances that New Orleans has to ...
The big easy!!!
... my trek and being on the road constantly, this is the first time ive been able to get on a computer! im currently in new orleans, louisiana, its an amazing city, especially considering that only two years ago it was devastated by the hurricane. The is ...
There was a house in New Orleans
... (Watch our videos to check out the JD swiggin' street corner band!) We listened to them for about 2 hours!! The next morning we departed New Orleans way too early,and "rolled on" to the beautiful beach town of ...
N'awlins!
... squeezing a little more time out of our weekend together. We finally did leave the city and head back for Gonzales. New Orleans was a very different city. The art and architecture is beautiful. The people and culture are very free and ...
New Orelans Tuesday night and Wednesday
... must say a lot of the people are at least 10 years younger than us,so it does make a difference. So far I can say that New Orleans has been the best place so far, so different and intersting and every person that passes you in the street greets you, such ...
New Orleans?
hatte das Glueck, bei einer netten Bekannten mit Frosch zu wohnen, die ich in Charleston kennengelrent habe. Hab New Orleans ganz ehrlich ueberhaupt nicht erfasst. jeder Teil scheint wieder ein eigenes Universum zu sein. Es gibt alles, aber nicht so wie ...
American Carnival
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Cajun Encounter!
... storm houses in the 9th Ward. They are all equipped with solar panels and ergonomically and environmental designed. The residents in New Orleans speak very highly of Brad Pitt and really appreciate what he is doing there. After the tour we went for ...
Strolling the City on Cinco de Mayo
... into a great bar, the Jean Lafitte Blacksmith Shop, on the north side of Bourbon. Jean Lafitte is a name plastered all over New Orleans – and indeed the South of Louisiana in general – but paradoxically it seems not much is known about the ...
3rd Time's the Charm, Mardi Gras
... lucky. Somehow the days worked out so that I was still in Tuscaloosa when Mardi Gras rolled around. Two of the girls I had been friends with all through high school drove down and picked me up over the weekend and we headed off to New ...
Israel, Palestein, Jordan pics. Lots more to come!
Hello people of the world! Just wanted to let you fine folks know that I made it home safely (New Orleans.) All is well and it has been a nice few weeks for me here at home. I saw on my site yesterday that I had almost 400 clicks this month. Oh the ...
New Orleans, LA
... risk of decapitation, and took our first greyhound bus. Wasn't too bad, apart from the occasional crazy muttering to themselves. New Orelans is the most diverse and lively place we've been to. Glad to see them recovering from Hurricane Katrina. ...
New Orleans...Bourbon St, Plantations and Voodoo
... the hurricane hit, many feet high. It's just incredible to think how that would have looked. So it was a very interesting time in New Orleans. I saw beautiful places and just enjoyed the vibe of the city and the people in it. It is such a unique place ...
Kid in a candy store
... after a load of washing we headed into the heart of the French Quarter to begin our day. We bought tickets to the Natchez New Orleans Steamboat, an original diesel/steam powered boat, one of the last left on the Mississippi River. Out cue to board the ...
The rains are 'ere
... beaming 38 degrees celcius and sunny to 29 degrees, pouring rain and thunderstorms. You can definitely tell that a place like New Orleans would be devastated by a hurricane as there is water all around it. Getting a taxi was difficult as visibilty ...
Mucking
After a couple of days interacting with some children who survived the disaster, I rejoined my original group for some heavy duty ...
Day 16, 17 & 18: New Orleans, Louisiana
... , not a good time for a toilet stop which was unfortunate for Daniel. Neither Matt or I recall booking our accommodation in New Orleans, but we managed to pick a good one. Great location in the French Quarter - not on Bourbon Street, which now ...
The Deep South
... head off for the East Coast. We crossed to the mainland and then had second thoughts – perhaps we should give New Orleans a second chance. We returned by way of the 'longest viaduct in the world', across Lake Pontchartrain, 23.5 miles ...
An Oasis of Hospitality in an Unfriendly Region
... next to the river, then went to enquire about a river cruise. The cruises were all too expensive so we decided again to leave New Orleans after a quick drink at the Seven Seas Bar. While we were there we met Bin and had a drink with him. He ...
The Mississippi; 'miskedas' & music in New Orleans
... one day doing a swamp tour which was really cool. We headed off on a little boat and a very good guide with a hilarious New Orleans accent. We saw some of the debris from Katrina as there were still fridges and couches and other household items stuck ...
Thursday and Friday 29/30 July
... cool place is virtually impossible, you even sweat in the shade!!!!! We did some laundry, ate some pasta and pesto and then made some new friends, and Dutch guy and an Italian one, more our age and was good to chat to older people again, a little tired ...
Update from Jessica
... internet right now. Tonight I was able to receive a cell phone call from her, as she is working on animal rescue in New Orleans. She was deployed last Tuesday and much to her surprise was put immediately on the search and rescue team. Her cell service ...
Family Trees Branch Across the Seas
... appropot considering that I grew up in Algiers, a smal neighborhood directly across the river from the city of New Orleans Louisiana. Another of my recently discovered "cousins,"Kevin Herridge is the immediate past president of the ...
Downtown in New Orleans
Today we're going to Nawlins! It really is the worst travel day so far – overcast and scattered showers –but the traffic was light and cruise control makes the drive easier. We stopped at the Welcome Centre in Louisiana where all the staff ...
New Orleans
Was up and out of the Hostel at 9.00am, walked 2 miles into town of New Orleans for a little site seeing I walk around the French Quarter and up to Armstrong Park (named after Lou Armstrong). Then Down to the French Market and was starting to see some of ...
New Orleans 2 days
Well we finally got to New Orleans about 10pm Sat night!! got chatting to some nice folk on the last leg, Karen (thanks for the tip about cafe du monde) and Travis (technoguy, I sent him loads of ring tones) who really was nice and we got along great. ...
Blues and seafood.
New Orleans The bus ride went relatively smooth. I met a nice girl from Switzerland in Miami at the bus station and talked to her for the first 10 hours. At this point she got off the bus and I slept for the rest of the ride. The bus ride was quite ...