OK, so I'm back from The Big Easy. It was a good time, definitely, and I thought I'd show you all some pictures of the real locations out of GK. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START 8) --><img src=
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http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfa ... uarter.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br>This is a street in the French Quarter, where most of the action in the game is set.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="
http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/jackson01.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="
http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/jackson02.png" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br>Jackson Square, with the St. Louis Cathedral in the background. There aren't any binoculars there in reality, because you don't really need them.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="
http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/stlouis01.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="
http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/stlouis03.png" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br>Inside the Cathedral. The game looks pretty close to reality, but it omits the stained-glass windows on the left (replacing them with confession booths), and adds a door on the right.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="
http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/stlouis02.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="
http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/stlouis04.png" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br>I think this is a confession booth, though it's kinda different on the inside from what I expected. I couldn't find any secret passages to any underground hounfours. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :lol --><img src=
http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /laugh.gif ALT=":lol"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="
http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/voodoo.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="
http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/voodoo02.png" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br>I'm not sure this is <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>the</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> Voodoo shop, but it's certainly <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>a</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> Voodoo shop.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="
http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/police01.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="
http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/police02.png" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br>The police station from the outside. There's a beignet cafe next door, so I don't see why they have to wait for the guy with the cart. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :p --><img src=
http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... tongue.gif ALT=":p"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="
http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/bourbon01.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="
http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/bourbon02.png" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br>This is Bourbon street one block from Gabriel's bookstore (which is in reality a laundromat). It's taken from about the same position as the view of Gabe's newspaper being delivered, except in the other direction and from street level.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="
http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/cem00.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br>Outside of St. Louis Cemetery #1. The game doesn't reveal that it's in a bad neighborhood where tourists have to travel in flock to avoid being mugged. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :smokin --><img src=
http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... smokin.gif ALT=":smokin"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="
http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/cem04.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="
http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/cem06.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="
http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/cem01.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="
http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/cem10.png" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br>It's really quite beautiful, though...<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="
http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/cem05.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="
http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/cem11.png" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br>Yup.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="
http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/cem07.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="
http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/cem09.png" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br>The tomb of Marie Laveau. The game took some serious liberties with the geography around this area.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="
http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/cem08.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br>Voodoo offerings and whatnot. The only marks on the tomb are several sets of "XXX", said to represent the Trinity (but really only a tour guide invention).<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="
http://members.lycos.co.uk/snarkibartfast/parade.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br>New Orleans by night. This is a pretty accurate representation of my experience of it. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=
http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/wink.gif ALT=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> Though you can't really see it, this is at the St. Joseph's Parade, where anyone who can plausibly claim to be Italian-American gets to walk down the street in a funny and/or indecent costume.<br><br>In summary: New Orleans -- go there! Not for Mardi Gras, but at a time when you can actually see the city in between all the tourists. <p><!--EZCODE CENTER START--><div style="text-align:center"><!--EZCODE HR START--><hr /><!--EZCODE HR END--><br><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="font-size:xx-small;">Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--></div><!--EZCODE CENTER END--></p><i></i>