After a delay for a period of heavy commuting, the blog is back. Attached are some photographs of New Orleans. Sadly, I don't have one of the freight trains which run regularly along the river, right through the centre of town, delivering goods to freighters running along the Mississippi River. The place was pretty quiet for a major city, so I figured it's either the after-effects of the hurricane exodus, or the recession, or both. But the French Quarter and the Garden District are both very stylish and there is a great feeling on the streets. A tour to the swamp took us past East New Orleans where the major flood damage is still visible.
The swamp is spectacular, although unfortunately the alligators were asleep. But there were lots of birds and cypress trees and we saw where the storm surge carried houses off their supports and washed them down the river.
