| Southern Spectacular Tour 6 | |
| New Orleans | |
| Three nights in New Orleans - September 2010 | |
| Evening Trip to Algiers | |
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| Lake Pontchartrain Causeway and New Orleans skyline - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Decatur and Canal - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Red streetcar to Algiers Ferry - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The twin bridges of the Crescent City Connection (above) and Algiers Ferry THOMAS JEFFERSON (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Boarding the THOMAS JEFFERSON - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Alligator in the ferry berth prior to sailing (above). Replica steamboat (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Tug propelling barges on the Mississippi - note the high navigation bridge which affords clear views over the barge - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Looking over the Mississippi from Algiers to New Orleans - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The THOMAS JEFFERSON and Steamer NACHEZ - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Steamer NACHEZ is a genuine steam powered stern wheeler built in 1975 and is seen here departing from Toulouse Street Wharf - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Evening in New Orleans - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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Lower Ninth Ward |
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The Industrial Canal, the wall of which failed and caused catastrophic flooding in the Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005 resulting in the loss of over 1800 lives - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Memorial to the victims of Hurricane Katrina at the entrance to the Lower Ninth. The main structure represents a wrecked house and the chairs represent those in it who lost their lives - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The Lower Ninth - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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Fats Domino's Publishing House and a property seen in 2010 still bearing the markings of the rescuers - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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New Orleans suburbs - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Due to the level of the water table in New Orleans interment is not possible thus necessitating the use of above ground tombs (left); City Park, New Orleans - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Black and white in New Orleans City Park (above). Water hyacinth which, like in Africa, spread out across the surface of the water and cause problems for boats and ships - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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Alligator Safari |
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Intracoastal Waterway extends for some 3,000 miles around the Gulf and Atlantic seaboards of the United States and includes canals and bays and avoids open stretches of sea - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Vessels used for swamp tours include airboats and tour boats - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Tugs propelling barges on the Intracoastal Waterway PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Fishing boats and dwelling houses along the canals and creeks of the Intracoastal Waterway - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| High pylons and a glimpse of the open sea as we head for Spanish moss-laden creeks and bayous - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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Alligators were numerous and associate the noise of boats with food - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Feeding Time - tourists are warned to keep their hands in the boat as "alligators like hand outs"! PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| The most exciting way to hunt for alligators is perhaps in an airboat, but the slow moving large tour boats are better for photography - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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Walkin' Through New Orleans |
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| French Quarter at Decatur - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Chartres and St Ann Streets in the French Quarter - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| European flags and French Fleur de lys - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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"Walkin' Through New Orleans" - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Horse-drawn carriage and Decatur - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Musical Legends Park and Louis Armstrong Park - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Red streetcars run along the bank of the Mississippi to the French Market - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| US and French flags at Joan of Arc's statue near the French market - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Steamer NACHEZ at its berth at Toulouse Street Wharf (above) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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NACHEZ (in 2010) was making an afternoon and evening cruise from Toulouse Street Wharf . . . |
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| . . . and prior to departure recitals were given on the ship's steam calliope (organ) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| St Louis Cathedral, New Orleans - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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Back on Canal you can take a green streetcar towards, but no longer to, Desire - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Green streetcar heading towards Desire - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Howard Avenue - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Superdome - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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Winston Churchill statue at Riverwalk - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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