New Orleans

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Arrived late (plane delays) to our quaint B&B on the fringe of the French Quarter of New Orleans.
New Orleans is loaded with history and the French Quarter in particular is very vibrant with there being many competing restaurants and bars with live music and they celebrate almost everything due I suspect to their diverse cultural heritage; and I thought Australia was multicultural. This week there were celebrations for the running of the bulls in Pamlona with simulated staged action in the streets.
Took in a number of tours, French Quarter, Mississippi river boat cruise on last stream driven paddle boat (albeit diesel fuelled) and a grand plantation homestead in the style of a Gone with the Wind movie.
New Orleans is very flat and swampy with the Mississippi river cutting a very deep path through its centre; it's not surprising the levee banks are often tested by the voluminous water flow of the river which at a casual glance is not apparent.

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Photos

Paddle Steamer
Mississippi paddle boat steamer

Bourbon street
Street scene - party time

Oak Alley
Plantation Homestead on Mississippi

Canal Street
Street cars of canal street

Jazz band
Palm Court Jazz Band

Donaldsonville
Could be a story there somewhere

New Orleans and Mississippi
Mississippi

Jackson Square
Picturesque Jackson square in French Quarter.