Not much to report from today. A day of riding through the Louisiana swamplands - keeping an eye open for any alligators as I passed by.

The slight downside to the day was that I arrived in New Orleans just after lunch time (around 1pm) and the hostel where I was planning to stay (the only hostel in town) closed the reception between 12pm and 5pm. I had a little difficulty getting anyone to open the door but eventually I managed to blag my way into the building so that I could at least drop off my bags.

To while away the afternoon (until check-in) I spent a few hours riding around the city exploring the French Quarter and then simply getting quite lost. I ended up in some pretty poor neighbourhoods. Areas where there still appeared to be damaged buildings from Hurricane Katrina (2005). It was more good luck than any sense of direction that finally got me back to the hostel in time to check-in.