Free Beer & Free Beads, It must be....

Mardi Gras !!! Yup, we certainly timed it right to come to New Orleans =)

Carnage everywhere.... But by the next morning, its all cleared up & looking somewhat like normallity.

From our hotel (The Loews) you can see the mississippi river, which caused so much carnage for new orleans, not so long ago. When we got a taxi to the hotel from the airport, we passed the superdome, reminding us of what we saw on the news =(

We have only seen the french quarter which was mainly untouched by the devastation, so we cannot comment on how the rebuilding is going. Its an ok place, cant say its the nicest place in america weve visited. But with mardi gras on, everyone seems well happy no matter what time of day it is. The people seem friendly enough, but then again the majority have been drinking since 8am each morning, sooo :)

Personally, sorry to be crude, but its a bit of a shit hole, even the french quarter. Its like walking around "the hood" to coin an american term. I aint being racist or owt, it just looks like the bad parts of LA were described to us (by a bus driver we talked to). Ive never felt unsafe & to be honest it could be because mardi gras is on, but i just dont get the right vibe from here. Sure the music around is funky, the street processions are cool, people are having fun everywhere, but, something just aint right about this place. Maybe its just me, dunno. Im glad we came, allbeit just to see mardi gras, but im pretty sure we wont come back. Cracking hotel tho ;)

Didnt make a post from Dallas, cause Dallas was..... Dallas... =)

Ah i remember something about Dallas, It was Effin Freezin !!! -1 when we arrived, then 0 most days...