N O Tour.

Up early today, onto the KOA shuttle bus, off to the French Quarter.  We did not realise that the driver of the bus was going to give us a quick overview of the area, which was very interesting.  Part of the tour went past and through the cemetry.  New Orleans cemeteries are unique. Although New Orleans cemeteries are similar to those in places like Paris and Mexico City, they are different. The tombs and wall vaults in New Orleans cemeteries are actual resting places of remains. The structures in other cemeteries are usually memorials with remains interred in crypts below ground.  As you can see these are above ground.

We were dropped at the Grayline bus terminus, to pick up our tickets for the day's outing.  Today we decided to do the Swamp and Bayou Tour.  Taken by bus about 20 minutes drive out of town, then onto a swamp boat.  We learnt all about the difference between swamps and marsh land, man made waterways and natural waterway, called bayou.  Saw lots of Alligator and turtles, their large alligators are about the size of our baby crocodiles.

We came back into town, had lunch (sorry Dirk had breakfast) at 2.30 at The Famous Gumbo Pot restaurant.  I tried Gumbo for the first time, it is a soup like dish with rice in it and probably all the left overs from yesterday, but really delicious. We did a bit of walking around, looking at the shops, the different between old and new is amazing, and caught a cab home. - Colleen