Day 25: New Orleans, LA


Tuesday 9/26
On our way to New Orleans we stopped by Brookhaven. Jackson Street has some very nice, very large plantation homes we just liked to see. And on the road again we drive south on 61 to New Orleans. Further south we missed the junction to hit the 10 and then cross Lake Pontchartrain, using the large bridge across the lake. But that was actually fortunate. We continued the 61 which is build on concrete posts and guide is to some of the swamp land. This was a very nice ride. In the afternoon we arrive at New Orleans. From I-10 we still see the devastation from Hurricane Katharina 1 year ago. Some areas look like the hurricane was yesterday while other areas are pretty much rebuilt. We missed an exit and drove through one of the poorest areas. People sit on the street and talk or wait for better times. Nobody is busy cleaning up the dirt. We enter Bourbon Street, which welcomes us with a sweet smell of trash. Now we realize that this town is not devastated by Katharina but by their own laziness. Locals tell us “well this is why Louisiana is called “the big easy” – it was always that way”. French Quarter is like a giant trash can. There is more garbage on the street than in the dirtiest streets of old Hong Kong. We walk up and down Bourbon Street at night which is different – it very much reminds us on St.Pauli in Hamburg Germany.

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