Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites La Place LaPlace

... was 20 bucks. Instead of that, I opted for taking the $1.60 bus that dropped me off just outside of the French Quarter. It was a good 20 minute walk or so afterwards, but well worth not paying so much for a simple bus ride.

Then we chatted a bit and relaxed, and I crashed super early since I'm still a bit jetlagged, and I feel like it's 4am when it's only 10pm, which is around when I went to sleep last night. Then woke up super early ...

Let the City of Music provide the soundtrack for Birthday week. Bek is another day older, another day that marks another year. Soon she will be old. Good thing we are taking this trip before she needs a walking frame, ha, ha. Happy 28th Birthday Bek!

Birthday week is the official way of drawing out the goodness of your birthday for just that little bit longer. New Orleans is the perfect place to celebrate Bek's birthday because it is full of amazing ...

... having nice Priority AAccess printed on my BP. I deliberately not board but continue to take photos of the aircraft, not because I’m an enthusiastic photographer but rather that in the unlikely event something happens to the aircraft, the investigators can hopefully look through my photos and see lots of shots of the plane’s exterior that may give a hand for clues on how or what may have happened. Wimpy, yes! Wanting to travel, never! Such a weird combination ...

... across the River and see the city skyline:-



And a statue of Louis Armstrong:-



The ‘must try’ foods when visiting New Orleans include the ...

... mime after mime all with their own unique twist. The kids had fun with them and interacted with a lot of them. We found our way to the Gumbo Shop for lunch. And yes we had Gumbo and the kids had buttered noodles. When lunch arrived, the kids tried the gumbo and Rusty liked it so much, he finished both Clark and Ellen's and still wanted more. We then shared ice cream with praline topping. What a nice treat ...

... something up to get to see their breasts. It's only a game. It's no longer about the breasts, but power. Those who paint their bodies. Pushing the limits. Getting some attention. The women who do this probably had grand-mothers or great-grandmothers who showed a bit of skin by not wearing gloves or showing off their ankles. Or mothers who wore micro miniskirts in the 60's. Everybody wants their 5 minutes of fame. It makes you feel good inside to be ...

... which is run by a nice Wisco woman named Kathy the bar had a real collection of dogs belonging both to customers and help which made it feel so nice and homey and of course a good selection can't hurt eid'er. exept in the morning Since then I have been just riding, and walking all over getting my bearings there are areas where even I with all bravado should not tread but if you stick to the main routes things are relatively Safe. There has been a lot of suffering here and ...

... they only came here because it was called the India House??? Some of the negatives, expect to see the odd cockroach outside near the swimming pool but more important there is a beer thief among the staff or guests. During one night, beers and food belonging to 3 people had suddenly disappeared, ME BEING ONE OF THEM! I wasn't impressed that they stole 3 bottle of Newcastle Brown but what really annoyed me is they also took my lunch for the following day. The barstewards ...

Hello and welcome back. Where do I start? I'll begin saying that yesterday [Saturday 21st of July] turned out to be one of the most memorable days of my recent existence. Isn't that quite a statement or what? I will explain, be patient. It all started very early in the morning, with the guy who sleeps in the top part of the bunk next to mine puking his boozy night right on the floor of the dorm. Result: people waking up and ...

... had some major issues before the hurricane hit. Not surprisingly, most of the real torn up areas we saw were in poor or predominantly Black neighborhoods. It was appalling to witness the ineptitude displayed by the government in their response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. In a nation as wealthy in both money and resources, I really expected more than what was done. Even nearly two years ...