On any given weekend in towns across Louisiana and Texas, hooves click-clack on pavement and wagons blast infectious zydeco rhythms. Holding the horse’s reins in one hand, and a cold beer in the other, is a long line of cowboys. Not the John Wayne-type typically seen in Hollywood westerns, but African American men and women, celebrating their culture on a Creole trail ride.

Read my travel guide over at LonelyPlanet.com

Photo by Stephanie Foden

Published by joelbalsam

Freelance journalist, Lonely Planet travel writer and nomad. Stories for Time, National Geographic Travel, the Guardian, Travel + Leisure, American Airlines, ESPN and Vice.

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