We got in late last night so didn't meet the lady hosting us and strangely she seems to be hiding from us today so after a while of waiting around we give up and leave without saying goodbye (some airbnb-ers are very trusting). At least her husband was nice last night.
Today we want to do an airboat ride so we drive around until we spot a nice cheap one. We get on board and the driver tells us not to be worried if its our first time on an air boat as it's his first time too, ooh errr!! The ride is brilliant, so fast and so loud. He throws in a few spins for good measure and the whole thing lasts for at least half an hour, we'd recommend it to anyone. We didn't spot any gators but we saw so many yesterday we're happy with the thrill ride. Did we mention we even got the front seat to ourselves?!
We're not sure where our next stop is, we're going to drive in the direction of New Orleans and check into a motel when we're fed up of driving. Surprisingly this doesn't panic us anymore, we're getting quite used to planning a few hours ahead at most! Is that good on a CV?
Checking into a motel everything is fine until it gets to 12.30am and Christine spots something crawling on the bed...bedbugs!! Jumping up we find a couple more and squash them in a tissue. We can't see any more but we can't relax so ask to change rooms. The guy at the desk is really apologetic and moves us straight away. We show him the bugs and he shudders. The new room seems fine and we manage to get some sleep.
The next morning James goes to speak to the manager about the bedbugs. She's not very sympathetic and when James shows her the dead bugs in the tissue she says it doesn't prove anything and they could be fleas that we brought in (ooohhh the cheeky...). He shows her the black spots (another sign of bedbugs) and she says its just mildew and if there were bedbugs the mattress would be full of them now. Yes, those nocturnal bugs would be out at 8am wouldn't they?! Just as James is losing patience a big fat bedbug runs across the bed, perfect timing! There's no denying that one so she mumbles an apology and gives us a partial refund. You're still getting a bad review for calling us flea-ridden liars Mrs!! Our advice is always check the reviews online and if there's even one mention of bugs, or switching rooms in the night because of a mystery problem, then give the place a miss.
As we are packing up the car a black guy says "Man it's hot, I'll be workin' on my tan. I'm going from a 32 black to a 33 black, aw yeah." James replies that he'll be going pink like a lobster prompting the response "I'll see you at the beach, boy!!" Heehee!
It's another day of driving to get close to New Orleans. We book into a motel, check the bed and have an early night. We're looking forward to tomorrow! Jazzfest!!!
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