The only way to get to the airport is by taxi! Cost us $35 between us. Absolutely ridiculous, airport shuttles don't start until 8am! If we had arrived by plane in memphis at this time in the morning we would have been stuck because there weren't even any taxis around outside the arrivals hall. The check in desk was tiny, and there weren't any screens to tell you what flights were going from which gate and if they were delayed; you just had to check your boarding...

Early morning surprise surprise! It's GRACELAND TIME! I'm so excited I may just wet myself!! We got breakfast and brought it to the room, we got bagels for dinner and couple of bagels for tomorrow morning when we are travelling because we don't want to be buying anything in the airport! Plus we love a good picnic! Again it was like a ghost town, I know it's a Saturday but there isn't anyone walking the streets or cars anywhere, it was like labour day, we could lo...

We made it! That bus journey was the longest one and the last one for me! 8 hours went fast though because we both had a travel tablet, just one because we didn't want to be walking zombies all day. We couldn't keep our eyes open after one, the bus was empty. Ross found the guy across the row from us creepy as he kept smiling to himself and looking at a piece of paper, wearing scrubs. I admit it was a little strange so we moved back a few rows and hugged our bags...

Surprise surprise, yep! You guessed it an early morning wake up call for us again. Checked out at around 7.45am and waited for Cajun encounters tour bus to pick us up! It was swamp time! The driver was cool, he narrated the whole way to the swamps. We passed through some of the devastation of what hurricane katrina did to New Orleans; even 9 years on and there is still a noticeable effect. 80% of New Orleans is under sea level with the 20% of it above sea level...

The moment we got on the bus we passed out asleep, we both had two travel tablets and yes they most certainly work!! We arrived early, 5.30am and it was still dark! The temporary location of the bus is in a parking lot with a Walgreens opposite so there was little there. There was a taxi that someone had called so we ran over and asked them to order another one for us; instead he decided to fit me and Ross and a man and woman into his taxi because we were going t...