New Orleans LA - Zoo Photos - Site Seeing

New Orleans is well known for Mardi Gras, Casinos and Bourbon St. where many bars are open 24 hours and the party never stops.

I recently attended the Webmasterworld Search Conference in New Orleans. Since I am not much of a drinker, spending all my free time down on Bourbon St. getting drunk was not exactly my idea of fun. I decided to venture out and see what else New Orleans has to offer. Thus this website, Beyond Bourbon Street was born.

In 2001 the city of New Orleans started a family friendly campaign to encourage more tourists with children to visit. Since then they have had about an increase in tourists that have children. New Orleans is a city rich in history & unique architecture, but also has a great zoo, aquarium, swamp tours, a children's museum, the Six Flags theme park, carriage rides, street cars and much more. Even if you don't have children and just aren't interested in the bar scene you can still find something to do in this historic city.

Photos from my trip to the Zoo and the Aquarium are posted here as well as information on other sights to visit beyond Bourbon St. Please sign the guest book and let others know your recommendations on what to see, where to eat, where to stay or even what to stay away from. This will help others to have a more enjoyable time. We all know about the wild times on Bourbon St. What we would like you to post about is more unique experiences you may have had on your trip.

Aug 31, 2005:
The levees have broken and New Orleans is pretty much all under water. I read that the zoo and aquarium had very little damage from hurricane Katrina and that only a few flamingos were lost. No idea what is going on now with all the flooding from breaks in the levee. The levees were built to withstand a category 3 hurricane and Katrina was a category 4. New Orleans is now like a bowl that is slowly filling with water.

On average New Orleans is 8 feet below sea level and in some places as much as 11 feet below sea level. It sinks about 3 feet every century. The French Quarter is one of the higher spots in town. Hurricanes intensify when they are over warm water. While global warming will not increase the number of hurricanes it may cause them to become stronger and deadlier.

Will New Orleans be rebuilt or be left as the new Atlantis only to be toured by boat? Is building a city in an ever sinking bowl below sea level really a wise thing to do? I don't know but I expect they will rebuild it and that it will be better than ever.

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