So, we woke to another beautiful day in New Orleans.
After breakfast we were picked up by
Cajun Encounters Swamp Tour which was great...thank you Jane Guernier for recommending it.
On the 35 minute journey to the Honey Island Swamp the bus driver showed us where Hurricane Katrina had left It's mark back in August 2005.
Personally I didn't realise how bad it was.
Now, New Orleans is actually 8 1/2 feet below sea level so you can imagine when the hurricane and the rains came what happened.
Many people left the city and have not come back. The water was 6 to 8 feet deep and people were making holes in the roof of their houses so they could get out of the water.
Anyway onto the swamp tour.
The boat which held about 18 people was driven by Capt Greg.
He was quite a character and made sure we saw as much as possible during our 2 something hours we were there.
All the animals, alligators, raccoons and pig were fed with white marshmallows. Why marshmallows I'm not actually sure but they seemed to enjoy them.
Good bye white marshmallow
They weren't huge, around 4 feet.
Swimming over to his marshmallow.
More photos on the next post.
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