N'Orlins

Happy People

Bourbon Street - Super Jazz just like that; on the corner; never mind the occasional car that drives past. Everyone around is dancing. They collect money later in that brown cardboard box.

New Orleans from the air - The Superdome is clearly seen. We passed it but thought better of asking the cab driver about the floods.

After 27 long hours on the road/in the air, we arrived in New Orleans at 7.00 pm the same day we left! That's a bitch of a flight. It's a fascinating city, though it's vastly different in terms of Tulsa politeness. Temperature is lovely - 22 deg and windy in the day and about 16 at night and windy too. Our room at the Sheraton has a view of the mighty Mississippi which I've only ever read about in all my slavery books. We stopped over in Atlanta, Georgia, home to Savannah, of Rhett and Scarlet fame. We then had to rush over to our gate for the New Orleans flight, and had like 10 mins to spare. As Atlanta was our first stop on U.S. soil, we had to clear our luggage, do immigration then re-check our luggage. After a mad rush to the gate, we found out that our flight was delayed for an hour. I went to the convention centre today to meet Boss and my Chinese team participating in the geology competition, while Adrian quaffed a couple of beers at the French Quarter festival. We will go again tonight. Apart from 2 nights of evening functions, my other evenings are free. I've only been able to upload these 3 photos; I had trouble uploading the others. Will keep trying.