Memory of New Orleans

When you think of New Orleans, you think of a land filled with Jazz music, Cajun food, clawfish, gumbo, the French Quarter, Mardi Gras, ….., and its well known cocktail Hurricane. Since it’s a city located near the coast of Louisiana and it’s below sea level, unpredictable flooding is never a surprise. Early settlers had invented the “above-ground tomb” method to bury dead people so the coffins could be better preserved. For this reason, the New Orleans cemeteries have become a tourist-must-visit landmark.

I was, indeed, granted an opportunity to visit this beautiful city a few months ago. I spent some pretty crazy moment on Bourbon Street, with a glass of Hurricane in hand, collecting beads thrown down by the drinkers on the balconies of some bars. It could never be the same after the strike of Hurricane Katrina. I could have never imagined such a catastrophic damage would have done by a hurricane.

In memoriam of New Orleans, here’re a few pictures taken during my visit: