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Get the street car ( its like a tramway, but down there they call it a street car?!?)  (http://www.norta.com/) that goes on Canal Street ( start from the Mississippi river and goes up all the way to a cemeteries ). 1.25$ one ride or 1.50 for transfer ticket if you get another bus before that.
 
Get the street car ( its like a tramway, but down there they call it a street car?!?)  (http://www.norta.com/) that goes on Canal Street ( start from the Mississippi river and goes up all the way to a cemeteries ). 1.25$ one ride or 1.50 for transfer ticket if you get another bus before that.
 
So hop on this street car all the way up to the stop call cemeteries ( This is the last one up far from the Mississippi river and you'll see tombs everywhere )
 
So hop on this street car all the way up to the stop call cemeteries ( This is the last one up far from the Mississippi river and you'll see tombs everywhere )
From there, even though tempting to get to the I-10 straight, I strongly advice you to NOT do that except if you are a girl you a crazy bas ass lucky hitchhiker. There is just no room for car to stop but take a guess if you feel so.  
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From there, even though tempting to get to the I-10 straight, I strongly advice you to NOT do that except if you are a girl you a crazy bas ass lucky hitchhiker like Monsieur Rodger. There is just no room for car to stop but take a guess if you feel so.  
  
 
So at this time you'll get to another bus, the jefferson transit ( http://www.jeffersontransit.org/schedules/E1Veterans-Map.htm ) , 1.5$ and prepare exact money, no change there !  
 
So at this time you'll get to another bus, the jefferson transit ( http://www.jeffersontransit.org/schedules/E1Veterans-Map.htm ) , 1.5$ and prepare exact money, no change there !  

Revision as of 18:34, 27 February 2011

Lousiana's

General facts about the city : 'New Orleans is of course amazing. The French Quarter is full of hobo kids as well as drunken vomiting tourist frat boys. A friendly place. Don't let the bullshit about ever since Katrina it's been very dangerous scare you- yeah there are gang war neighborhoods, but if you just hitchhike in you can hang out in the French quarter and be fine. Seriously, even if you are in a gang neighborhood people leave travelers alone- you have a bag/backpack and a cardboard sign- you're basically homeless- you don't belong anywhere/you belong anywhere. Don't worry about bad neighborhoods- you're a bum!

Loads of free food serves in New Orleans if you're into that sort of thing, the Hare Krishna dinner is even better than Hare Krishna dinner usually is and they basically leave you alone religiously unless you're actually interested.

Oh and even if you look like you're 12 years old you probably won't be carded at all and you can drink in any bar you want. If one place cards you just go to the next place, you can definitely get drunk in New Orleans no matter who you are if you have money. New Orleans loves a drunk person and drunk people love New Orleans.

And it's not about Mardi Gras anyways. That's kinda for tourists and kinda too much. New Orleans is a constant party whenever you go. People get off the boat or oil rig they're working on, come to New Orleans, blow all their money, and by the time they're done spending their money they're ready to go back to work on the boat.

It's recommended to go to The Abbey bar on Decatur street. Ask for it everyone will know where it is. Just a really good dark and comfortable bar, often seems to be full of hobos.

BUS : There is a cheap local bus New Orleans-Baton-Rouge for 5 $ : http://www.laswift.com/

HITCHHIKING : Hitchhiking WEST toward : Baton-Rouge, Lafayette, Houston, Texas, Mexico, California : Hitchhiking in Louisiana is funny and beautiful. Get to the right spot and you'll get a great ride fast. I personally waited 10 seconds.

Followed all those step and you'll get a 5 Stars SPOT, LIKE THE SPOT !!!

Get the street car ( its like a tramway, but down there they call it a street car?!?) (http://www.norta.com/) that goes on Canal Street ( start from the Mississippi river and goes up all the way to a cemeteries ). 1.25$ one ride or 1.50 for transfer ticket if you get another bus before that. So hop on this street car all the way up to the stop call cemeteries ( This is the last one up far from the Mississippi river and you'll see tombs everywhere ) From there, even though tempting to get to the I-10 straight, I strongly advice you to NOT do that except if you are a girl you a crazy bas ass lucky hitchhiker like Monsieur Rodger. There is just no room for car to stop but take a guess if you feel so.

So at this time you'll get to another bus, the jefferson transit ( http://www.jeffersontransit.org/schedules/E1Veterans-Map.htm ) , 1.5$ and prepare exact money, no change there ! From the street car, walk up to city park avenue, turn right on it and after take left on Canal Blvd. You'll see a small loop with 2 bus stops on it ( don't walk too far, take the 1st loop ) . There, at the left bus stop you get the "Jefferson Transit " that comes around every 30 minutes. You need to hop on the E1 route : http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=116287600687409230633.00044b7975c7ce390c427&ll=29.993746,-90.185223&spn=0.112545,0.160675&z=13 Down there they call this bus the Veterans bus since it goes far on Veteran's Blvd.

You need to get off before the I-10 on Veterans' Blvd. Its about 15/25 minutes ride. You'll be on a long Blvd for a while and you'll see at some point the HighWay, just hop off before you pass under it or tell the driver you are a hitchhiker and need to hitchhiker to Baton-Rouge he'll tell you the spot. Look the map and you'll see where the I-10 and Veterans Blvd crossed. You need to stop just before it.

There you walk on the On-Ramp, GET A SIGN, and you'll see lot of gaz station on the way Good luck, for more info [email protected]