Fun and games - not just at the Mardi Gras
Got into New Orleans on Thursday night after another fun airport experience where we had to wait for three hours to be processed by USA immigration and customs resulting in us missing our connecting flight. When we rang the number of the hostel to pick us up at 10pm we got a "not in service" message. Fun and games then ensued but we finally arrived at our destination at 11.30pm. Anyway, New Orleans has geared up for the Mardi Gras and we have seen a lot of different parades (similar to Moomba) where they throw beads and cups from the floats - now have a substantial collection of both. The streets are full of music, particularly jazz and there are a huge number of eating places with a wide variety of foods. We discovered a record shop that sells a lot of old vinyl and Cd's and they made up a CD
of rare music for us by copying over the music from old vinyl singles. Other highlights to date include The Museum Of The Confederacy, all you can eat jazz brunches, visiting the House Of Blues, riding the Mississippi river, encountering our first gun totting southerner, visiting a memorabilia shop which had signed guitars from many famous musicians including Janis Joplin ($90,000US), Cream ($45,000US), Rolling Stones ($50,000US) and B.B. King ($35,000) just to mention a few. We are currently investigating buying/renting a car and will soon continue on to Alabama
Got into New Orleans on Thursday night after another fun airport experience where we had to wait for three hours to be processed by USA immigration and customs resulting in us missing our connecting flight. When we rang the number of the hostel to pick us up at 10pm we got a "not in service" message. Fun and games then ensued but we finally arrived at our destination at 11.30pm. Anyway, New Orleans has geared up for the Mardi Gras and we have seen a lot of different parades (similar to Moomba) where they throw beads and cups from the floats - now have a substantial collection of both. The streets are full of music, particularly jazz and there are a huge number of eating places with a wide variety of foods. We discovered a record shop that sells a lot of old vinyl and Cd's and they made up a CD
of rare music for us by copying over the music from old vinyl singles. Other highlights to date include The Museum Of The Confederacy, all you can eat jazz brunches, visiting the House Of Blues, riding the Mississippi river, encountering our first gun totting southerner, visiting a memorabilia shop which had signed guitars from many famous musicians including Janis Joplin ($90,000US), Cream ($45,000US), Rolling Stones ($50,000US) and B.B. King ($35,000) just to mention a few. We are currently investigating buying/renting a car and will soon continue on to Alabama
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