Blogs from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, North America - page 44

Wow, I didn't realise I was this far behind! It's gonna be a long entry! So we arrived at the Gateway Hotel at 7.30 ready to start the next trek. Our new tour leader was called Darcy, younger than Dawn and on her first season as a leader. It took quite a while to get on the road but when we did we stopped by Hollywood again quickly for those who hadn't already seen it. Since we had and I'm going back we took the opportunity to join the crowd for a TV show that was being filmed, Ten Years Younger, and Silvia and I were filmed discussing how old we thought the woman in question was so look out for us on TV haha! Afterwards we drove to Vegas, arriving late afternoon and checked into ... read more

After a relatively short, (by US standards), train trip we arrived in a boiling hot and humid New Orleans. We got to our hotel in the quaint French quarter and headed out to find an internet cafe and get some dinner. As soon as we left the cafe, the heavens opened and a massive thunder storm rumbled above us. The storm provided some welcome relief to the humidity, and the rain was refreshing after the heat after the previous few days. We awoke to clear skies and hot temperatures, and went to carry out our favourite chore - washing! Then we went into town to do a very touristy self-guided walking tour of the French quarter. The first stop was a French coffee shop called Cafe du Monde, where we sampled a New Orleans specialty, a ... read more

Heather Says I loved New Orleans from the moment we arrived. The weather is still hot but it's very muggy as opposed to dry like Vegas ... and it's very, very green! The majority of the architecture is French inspired; making the city look very old world and romantic. Then there is Bourbon Street !!!! We went for dinner along here each night and then hit the "strip" for some cheep drinks ($1 beers and $5 Jager's = awesome!). very friendly, southern style hostitality wherever we went and we ended up having a few massive nights bar hopping around the place. Brendan Says Went to the Red Fish for dinner (boys we went here) ... and was awesome (again). Hurricane damage 2005 - As Heather expected "the Tourist area - French Quarter" is top knotch back ... read more

I to let everyone know that we arrived in New Orleans last night at about 9:30 PM. We had a few glitches in our travels home BUT we are glad that we made it home safe. I know understand the meaning of the phrase: "There's no place like home" Sarah... read more

Wow i dont think i've ever been as hot as i have while walking down the street in New Orleans. So i arrived after a 12 hour train journey. To what i knew and had read is a pretty sketchy city. Basically if you walk outside of the tourist area's something is gonna happen that wont be good. I must admit i didn't put it to the test but even when walking down one street on the edge of the french quarter you notice people looking at you. Maybe thats because it was 12pm 33C and i had on some clarks shoes, jeans, a polo shirt and some ray bans. Nah! I decided after much squinting that i would purchase some sunglasses a pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses for £80 I will probably lose them in a ... read more