Day 71,72,73,74 Atlanta-New Orleans, USA

Thursday 18th August 2005, Friday 19th August 2005, Saturday 20th August 2005, Sunday 21st August 2005

23.8.05 33 °C

Yet another day spent driving.As we were arriving in New Orleans you get great views of The Gulf Of Mexico and its a shame things didnt look nice in all of New Orleans.
My first impressions were that this place hasnt anything of any interest and why were we spending 4 nights here is a mystery to me,and come monday my impressions were correct.As you head downtown it feels like your heading to the slums of Detroit again and the only difference is that in New Orleans there is one area thats very pretty and thats the French Quarter,but stuck in the middle is Bourbon Street which is basically a meat market ie full of strip bars,drunken idiots thinking they are in Ibiza and clubs where live bands play the same rock songs every night.

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The most popular and well known craze at Bourbon Street is collecting beads.Every shop you walk past they sell hundreds of beaded necklaces in all colours,shapes and sizes,so what happens is people buy the beads and you will see people standing out on the balconies of bars and clubs throwing beads at women and occassionally men and then the deal is the women should then expose their chests in return.
Having a few drinks and listening to a few bands on the first 2 nights was ok but like i said its the same music and songs everywhere so then come the 3rd night its just too much and what makes it harder is theres nowhere else to go.

French Quarter,New Orleans