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The real New Orleans!

A travel blog entry by sweetplum

... So we went to the Frenchmen street. They had there really good music. One of the band were just amazing. The band was just with one drummer and the rest were Trumpets,.. Just wow!! About 2 oclock we got out and it didnt felt like it, because we were just enjoying the music that much! Great way to finish the night! ,)

Looking forward to go tomorrow in the "church". Thats will be fun with ghosple singers,.. ,) And we will see the are where the Hurricane Katrina was. ...

Southern Hospitality in Louisiana

A travel blog entry by travelingcircus

... in the trailer park were beautiful. True Louisana natives and their hospitality. They gave us some left over birthday cake, oranges from their garden for the boys, maps and heaps of fantastic suggestions of where to go. They were beautiful friendly people. I think that's what they mean about southern hospitality. Sadly he only thing we didn't like was the bugs. Midgees aka noseeums where everywhere so we ...

Amtrak is amazing - fact

A travel blog entry by bronwenrolls

... and got a chance to enjoy it. I was very much on my own in Memphis as the hostel I was due to stay at had offered me a private room as the seven other beds in my dorm where taken by very large stoned and **** faced "Widespred Panic" fans. They guested by looking at me that a room change was in order. I had the luxury of a motel room all to myself and a pool (that had all the charm a pool can have in a car park behind the Greyhound bus terminal). I felt for ...

City of the Dead

A travel blog entry by anni.porter

... homes dating from the Antebellum era - pre Civil war. I tried to take some pics - but that big black cloud you see in some of the photos had descended to earth and so it was difficult to get good pics from the bus.

And so to the end of the tour - we asked to get dropped off at Cafe du Monde - another of those New Orleans icons - so we could have Cafe au Lait and Beignets. Brilliant experience - and Mum (Linda - don't think you'll remember) it ...

Atlanta on to New Orleans

A travel blog entry by americagrant

... passed through Alabama, Mississippi and arrived in Louisiana! Wow temperature change!!!! We're now in the low 90's!! Hot hot. After we had been driving for about an hour, Anne turned to me and said 'when was the last time we went around a bend?' talk about straight! Upon nearing N.O, we were on the Florida border!! How cool. Arrived in N.O at about 430 central time (6 hours behind uk) oh my god what ...

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