They don't call it the Big Easy for nothing. It's the one city in which everyone in the hostel slept until noon (the earlybirds, anyway), instead of getting up at dawn to see every attraction in town.

I met a handful of fun people from all over the world at the youth hostel. We partied all night, slept all day, and sat around the courtyard in dark glasses nursing our hangovers until dusk.

One of the most unique traits of New Orleans, besides the dominent French influence, was that cemetaries are tourist attractions. It was the only place I'd planned to visit a cemetary. Instead, I visited a cemetary or grave in every city but Austin.

More photos will be added to this section as they are scanned, please visit again soon.