Sunday, August 11, 2013

Visiting New Orleans, Louisiana


Last July, I was in New Orleans for two days and one night. I visited the famous Bourbon street and also French Market. It's an interesting unique city with many historic and multicultural heritage (French and Spanish influences mostly, and also from Africa). 

I spent a lot of my time in the French Quarter for window shopping.

It's not New Orleans if there's no parades on the streets ;)

Jackson Square 
a historic park in the French Quarter of New Orleans.

French Market
is located at 1008 N Peters St. 
Open daily at 9 am - 6 pm is consider as a farmers market and also a flea market.

There is a shop sells Alligator meat, sandwiches, tenderloins and jerky.



Big watermelon.

Fruits, nuts and local soda.



A Chinese man is writing names with customized alphabet (animals/flowers)

The bags look like the Batik bags from Indonesia. Here in Indonesia, it costs USD 3 (three dollars). Guess how much is the price in New Orleans? It's USD 35.

I found out that people in the South really love eating spicy food. 

So many spices!


Organic Banana
I tried the Pina Colada, it's so gooooddd!!!

A man is making animals balloon.

Central Grocery
the old fashioned Italian-American grocery store, it's famous for its sandwich.

Alligator Jerky.
I bought some but I haven't tried it yet :)

Gumbo and Jambalaya spices.

One of the famous Pralines in New Orleans is from Aunt Sally.

Cafe Du Monde
the famous place for Beignet - French Doughnuts.

Pepper Palace
an incredible place for sauces and spices.

It's at 835 Decatour street.

There are a lot of shops selling Mardi Grass beads.  
If you want, just let me know! I got a lot of them ;)

Beautiful masks.

Do you need a Voodo toy? ;P

Music on the street.

The nightlife in New Orleans.

There are so many pubs and bars around the French Quarter. 
Everytime I wanted to enter a bar/pub, I always had to show my ID card/passport because they thought my age is under 21 years old. Woohooo!!! :D

2 comments:

  1. Ha, I was just in New Orleans, too! It was so humid, ugh! (But again, maybe not so bad for you?) Did you try any coffee with chicory? That's famous, apparently!

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    1. Cool!!! Yes, it was really hot and also humid there. Need to put a lot of sunscreen! In Jakarta, whenever, it's hot, I always walk under an umbrella to avoid the sun. In New Orleans, I couldn't do it because it definitely would make me look like a weird person, hahahaha.

      Ah... the coffee and chicory, the famous one from Cafe du Monde. Too bad, I didn't get a try of it.

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