New Orleans, Louisiana

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Greetings from New Orleans, Louisiana!

Less than 48 hours from our mission travel to Liberia in West Africa, I headed down to New Orleans with Halef. We flew into Gulfport/Biloxi, Mississippi, within 40 minutes driving from the New Orleans city center, and stayed over Hilton Riverside in the French Quarter. We spent most of our Saturday in the French Quarter, checking out the St. Louis cathedral (the oldest, continuous operating cathedral in North America), St. Louis cemetery number One where Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau was buried, and Café du Monde for its famous beignet. It was a fun time, as usual, knowing that the city will thrive after the devastating Hurricane Katrina two years ago.

We closed out the night with some Mardi Gras celebration, as everyday is Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

We flew out from Mobile, Alabama where the big ordeal for Halef was happening. Still, ‘Life is good’, and we finally arrived back in Atlanta to have a breath or two.


Till next time,
-Cy

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Photos

Party City
Everyday is a Mardi Gras in New Orleans!

French Quarter, New Orleans
Beautiful porch of French Quarter, in Decatur St.

Fleur de Lis
These pieces of art are adoring all over the French Quarter New Orleans.

French Quarter
Here I am with St. Louis Cathedral and Major General Andrew Jackson equistrian statue.

Murky Mississippi River
The 40,000 points view from our 25th floor room of Hilton Riverside.

New Orleans skyline
In the Riverside area, south of French Quarter. Notice the Harrah's Casino in the foreground group of buildings.

Hard Rock Cafe - New Orleans
This becomes a new tradition, here I am photographed with the Hard Rock Cafe emblem in French Quarter, New Orleans.

Cy and beignet
A tradition of New Orleans - eating the generous sugar-coated fried doughnut with a cup of cafe au lait. Cafe du Monde, French Quarter New Orleans.

St. Louis Cemetery Number One
I visited 'The City of the Deads' outside French Quarter, New Orleans.

Tomb of Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau
It is a little creepy, being a possible voodoo medium myself, but here I am by the tomb of Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau in St. Louis Cemetery Number One.

Harrah's Casino
Can you spot me?

Pikaboo
Just chilling by the Harrahs Casino in New Orleans.

Palm trees
Looking up the neatly palm tree along Harrahs Casino in New Orleans.

Mobile, Alabama
Just waiting for my flight back to Atlanta with these 'people' in M.C. Farmer Terminal of Mobile, Alabama.