Sightseeing in New Orleans

There's so much to see and do in New Orleans, that these are just a few photos from The Wombat's trip!

First off, here he is at the entrance to the French Market. (It's actually daylight; there was something wrong with the exposure, ooops.)


Here he's admiring the St Louis Cathedral from across Jackson Square.


He did get to go on an evening dinner cruise on the steamboat Natchez! (He was a bit wobbly getting off, after drinking too many Hurricanes.)


He also had more than a few drinks up and down Bourbon Street, and brought home the Mardi Gras beads to prove it!

The Wombat in China

The Wombat spent the last couple of weeks of October travelling through China (with a new handler). Here are some of his holiday snaps...

If The Wombat sits on the Great Wall, can he be seen from space?


The Wombat checks out the Bird's Nest Olympic stadium in Beijing, and dreams of winning gold... in the marsupial sprint, perhaps? (Shame he's a year late.)


If this is the Forbidden Palace, is it OK for The Wombat to look at it?


The Wombat took a trip down the River Yangtze - he's not actually on the edge of the boat here, which he was very relieved about.


The Wombat is impressed by the giant head, although he's not sure who it belongs to...


This is as close as The Wombat managed to get to a real panda - they are vegetarians, right?

The Wombat visits Italy

Between May 20th and 27th 2009, The Wombat was lucky enough to travel to Italy - specifically, to Rome and Sorrento (with a side-trip to the isle of Capri). He saw a lot of Roman ruins, got some sun, and was utterly shocked by the lewd paintings in the loo of an Indian restaurant.

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Here we have The Wombat in the Colosseum. He doesn't think he would have been much good up against a tiger or two.


The Wombat likes his beer, and of course had to check out as many Irish pubs as possible in Rome. This was probably a pint of Becks though.


Here The Wombat takes a chance to catch some sun, on the terrace of his hotel in Sorrento.


The Wombat was most impressed by the ruins of Pompeii, although after the events of Rome, he was careful about which frescoes he looked at. Here he is surveying the forum with Vesuvius in the background.


The Wombat doesn't really like water that much (he's afraid of getting his fur wet), but a boat trip around the isle of Capri is very much the done thing.