Tonight, some exceptional photos are available on the forum.
They were taken today in Port Camargue.
Here are some beautiful boats, in the marina of Port Camargue.
A sailing catamaran like this costs roughly 600 000 €. I'd be glad to sail with humbert, shadow.97 or aa1234779 if they want to buy such a boat.
For some of you, those palm trees are certainly reminiscent of the lush vegetation of Florida or India.
Here we are in the shipyard.
In the local market of Port Camargue.
On the right there is a boucherie. They are selling some good jambon.
This shop specializes in local cuisine, with dishes based on seafood.
On the right you can see a fromagerie.
Here are some locals playing petanque. This famous game is essentially played across France. I guess humbert, Maher and Vasudev don't know this game.
In pétanque the objective is to score points by having boules closer to the target than the opponent after all boules have been thrown. This is achieved by throwing or rolling boules closer to the small target ball, known colloquially as a cochonnet, or by hitting the opponents' boules away from the target, while standing inside a circle with both feet on the ground. Note that the word cochonnet also means young pig in French.
Oddly enough, the second country with the largest number of members playing pétangue is Thailand.
Here you can see a small beach, with the town of La Grande Motte in the background. I've been coming in Port Camargue and Le grau du roi for more than 30 years now, so I know this place pretty well. I don't really like la Grande Motte though. while Le Grau du roi is still well preserved despite a large number of tourists during summer, the pyramid-shaped buildings and the numerous tourists on the beach are the symbol of mass tourism which triumphed in the 1980s in la Grande Motte. The identity of La Grande-Motte is inspired by the Mayan pyramids and are the result of a titanic project, started in 1965 and which lasted about fifteen years. This concreteization of the Mediterranean coast was orchestrated by the architect Jean Balladur.
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