NEW ORLEANS
WORDS MERRYN JOHNS
There’s a special spirit in New Orleans. Some might feel that it’s the patina of age – a history that many will say is haunted. Maybe it’s the excess – the libidinal freedom that comes from partying 24/7. Or perhaps it’s just the sense of ease you get from being in the Big Easy – here’s a part of America that seems to have been untouched by the Puritan spirt. It’s a place where you can truly be yourself. It certainly helps if you like a well-mixed cocktail, jazz, colour, noise and heat and humidity that can make a Crescent City Pilsner before noon seem like a fine idea. I’m tempted to say that if you don’t like New Orleans you might not like travel.