The swampy land New Orleans was built on had a way of surprising its earliest

settlers. Initially when the French would have first arrived here and buried the

dead below ground when we had a flood event they had an nasty habit of popping

back up uninvited. Coming up we hear what you might encounter on a ghost tour

in the city. I had people burst into tears, I had people try to run out of the

room, I had one girl swear that she had been slapped in the face. Travel writer

Mary Morris tells us about traveling solo in India when she went to view

tigers in the wild. There's incredible kindness and vibrancy and color and

food. She also found that India has a way of keeping you on your toes. Put the

itinerary aside because it's not always going to work out. And we'll start the

hour looking at a cold blooded prince from 15th century Romania who's still

thought of as a national hero. He's considered kind of like a great

combination of Robin Hood and Rambo you know he defended Romania in an

impossible situation. It's just ahead on Travel with Rick Steves. A trip to

India can be one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences you'll ever

embark on. Author Mary Morris is back with us today on Travel with Rick Steves to

tell us how a journey to see tigers in the wild ended up showing her life

changing lessons from India. And that she'll never actually get to see any

tigers and tell you start looking for signs of tigers first. Plus tour guide

Sandy Hester lets us in on the stories and haunted places she'll take you to

on one of her ghost walks of New Orleans. It's where elaborate mausoleums and

cursed buildings all have their own stories to reveal. While he was in Romania on

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