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North America » United States » Louisiana May 25th 2005

We arrived in St Augustine - They oldest permanent city in North America (Pensacola was first settled but got flattered by a hurricane). It is a great little city with historic houses in both southern and Spanish styles. Anna, Meg and I decided to go for a walk before dinner. We walked down to Castillo de San Marcos fortress. It was built out of a mix of shell and concrete called Conquina. They used it as it was soft and when it was bombed for 27 straight days it survived. We saw the main entrance gates to the old city then headed back to our hotel which was has a 600 year old tree in the front call ‘Old Senator’. St Augustine was found when a guy came searching for the fountain of youth… you can ... read more
The View
Old Senator
An Orb...


We left South America almost a week ago now, and it's taken me all that time to think up the best way to describe the Inca Trail experience and our last few days in Peru. I'll have a go, but bear in mind that it's one of those things that you really should do for yourself - it's hard to put into words the mixture of feelings and emotions that four days of walking and three nights of camping can create. On Friday 21st we were picked up early by bus for the start of the biggest test of our 3 months in South America. The night before we'd met our Inca Trail companions - 2 brits (John & Fay), 2 Swedes (Richard and Corinne) and a Norwegian (Anders). Our team of intrepid explorers were quiet ... read more

North America » United States » Louisiana » New Orleans April 28th 2005

Pronounced 'Nawlins' When we planned the USA part of our trip, we had no idea that the New Orleans Jazz Festival weekend even existed, let alone that we would arrive on the first day of it and leave on the last! Skill. We also had no idea that the last few Jazz Fests had been washouts. Not this time!!! New Orleans was hot and humid, but not unbearably so. We only had one morning of cloud and the rest of the time it was lovely. Our hostel was more like a converted old house and although it didn't have much character it was clean, spacious and secure. It was a fifteen minute ride on the Streetcar into town and they came really often so the location was ok. Crime is a real problem in New Orleans ... read more
The inside of a Streetcar
Out on the Mississippi
Crawfish

North America » United States » Louisiana » New Orleans April 24th 2005

We're still here in the sunny south anticipating the day of departure. We've started our list-o-things-to-do which includes paring down all the accumulated crap from over the years. We've started wearing our backpacks in the mornings to get used to the weight and fit. I've packed mine with a bunch of old running t-shirts which seem to not be in short supply. ... read more

North America » United States » Louisiana » New Orleans March 31st 2005

I spent six nights in New Orleans during October of 2004 and it was more than enough time, even for this party girl!... read more
The French Quarter
At Night
Almost There

North America » United States » Louisiana » New Orleans February 11th 2005

The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway. --Henry Boye February 11, Friday. We decided to take a cooking class at 10AM and learn about the wonderful jambalaya, shrimp pie and banana Forster. For $20 it was a bargain, we received the recipe, watched it being made and eat a wonderful meal. After our cooking class, we wandered through the Riverwalk mall. We decided to take the taxi ferry over to Algiers Point, across the Mississippi. Mardi Gras World has all of the floats from many Mardi Gras’ on display and they explain how they are made and utilized. We had some of King’s cake, a very sweet cinnamon cake with lots of icing and a baby Jesus (doll) hidden inside. If your slice has the “Jesus” you get a ... read more
Cooking Class
Fountain in Riverwalk
House

North America » United States » Louisiana » New Orleans February 10th 2005

The rewards of the journey far outweigh the risk of leaving the harbor. --Unknown February 10, Thursday. Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday dear Booobbbb…….(Just be glad you don’t have to hear me sing!) After the birthday boy opened his presents, we were on our way to New Orleans. The morning portion of the tour included a drive complete with narration from one end of town to the other. Meanwhile we were making notes on where we wanted to return on foot. The City Park in New Orleans was a surprise. It is huge, and has many wonderful attractions, however it is a good distance from the heart of downtown. Our first stop on foot was to get a coffee and beignet (a French donut-no hole with lots of powered sugar). Our second stop was ... read more
Carriages
Railiings
Coffee and beignet

North America » United States » Louisiana » New Orleans February 9th 2005

This is the first of many writings for our RTW. We plan on taking off from New Orleans, our current home, and then "seeing what we can see".... read more

North America » United States » Louisiana January 18th 2004

We found a fairly inexpensive RV park to spend most of January in. Davenport Florida is the home of the Three Worlds (we never did figure out which worlds they were talking about) Mobile Home and RV Park. We bought membership in this club called “Happy Camper” which allows us to pay half price when we stay at participating campgrounds. This usually means we pay $10 a night instead of $20. We paid $45 for the one year membership and it has paid for itself about 25 times over. We could use Happy Camper at 3 Worlds and it was just south of Orlando so off we went. I know our original plans were to spend January at Patrick Air Force Base. When we were staying in Port St. Lucie, right after the tree lot, we ... read more


Driving all night from Washington DC with the only stop in Mount Jackson, Virginia for dinner at Denny's, we arrived in Memphis in the early morning. We made a brief stop to check out Graceland, home to Elvis Pressley. After finding out the only way to check it out was to go on a guided tour, we decided to just leave. We explored Beale Street for the rest of the morning before having lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe. From Memphis, we drove into Mississippi stopping only in Jackson to fill up on gas. We were only in Jackson for about 15 minutes pumping gas but in that time at the gas station, I could feel a racial divide in the air. Just from what I know about their recent history, relations between blacks and ... read more
Bourbon Street
Lafayette Cemetery
Lafayette Cemetery




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