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The South is still 'The South'. Wonderful people, wonderful
food and heartwrenching history. Life seems to be that little
bit slower than further north.
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The entrance to the Coke Museum in Atlanta. Coca Cola is
a big part of Atlanta but the actual Head Office building
is a very drab, 1950's square block.
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A very interesting statue and fountain at the entrance
to "The Underground" - a eating and shopping precinct
in part of the railway underground.
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A different entrance to "The Underground"
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The Georgia Aquarium. It is very new but is supposed to
be a real state of the art aquarium. Because it was so new
the queues to get in went around the block - a longer wait
than we had time for!
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Auburn St, Atlanta where Martin Luther King lived.
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Auburn St - it is quite close to where he was a pastor
and seems to be in a very nice part of town - now!
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Birthplace and home of Martin Luther King.
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His grave in the Martin Luther King Centre.
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Free at last. Free at last. Thank God Almighty, I'm free
at last.
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Freedon Walk beside the grave.
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The New Ebenezer church where he preached. The Old Church
is still in use and just across the street.
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Stone Mountain in Atlanta. It is a bit like a DisneyLand
Frontier Land but a bit more modern. Notice the Christmas
Tree in the background with Coca cola all over it!
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A cute corner of Stone Mountain
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A lovely Christmas Tree in the Stone Mountain National
Park
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The actual Stone Mountain in the mist.
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The scale is a bit smaller than Mt Rushmore but the detail
is even more impressive.
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The carving is of a Civil War motif.
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Early morning on the dam at Fairburn where we stayed.
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Mist on the dam and early morning reflections
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The Hearndon House. This was the home of a wealthy black
man in Atlanta who made his fortune by setting up insurance
for "black folk".
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The Paralympic Memorial in Olympic Park in Atlanta
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The Olympic Monument in Olympic Park
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In the Montgomery Museum this was a fabulous dolls house.
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The back showed a very detailed interior with elegant furnishings
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This was part of "Old Alabama Town" in Montgomery.
The "town" was spread over several streets, intersperced
among normal residential and commercial buildings.
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Inside the little log cabin.
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Typical Alabama "gingerbread".
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More detail of the woodwork under the eaves as well as
along the verandahs
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A definite Southern plantation style home - but this was
in residential Montgomery
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A regular jam session in the community hall in Old Alabama
town - apparently this happens every Saturday. There were
more musicians jamming out the back.
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The Cotton Gin in Old Alabama Town
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Inside the cotton gin.
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