The area around our non-descript town of Salin-De-Giraud lies the
Carmarge - a 780 square km delta of the Rhône river. A quick visit to
the information centre and we were equipped with what we decided was a
pretty, but not so accurate map. We headed out of town, found a place
to park and started walking alone one of the numerous dykes that
crisscross the delta forming lagoons that flocks of Pink Flamingos
call home.
We'd read that the best time to see the Flamingos was in spring, but
there were still plenty about, wading in the muddy lagoons, burying
their head in the water in search for food. They didn't come too
close to us, but hopefully we got some good photos.
Without too much help from our map, we found the end of the delta and
the sea where there were even more kite boarders than yesterday, there
were about 40 battling the choppy waves.
More photos of Flamingos, a diversion via a 'short' cut (it could
have meant a very long backtrack - but today we were lucky) - then we
were back to the van and heading to the western end of the delta
towards Aigues Mortes.
Established in the 13th century so the French could have a
Mediterranean port under their control - the little town has to be one
of the most completely walled towns we have ever visited. It was
pretty cool strolling around the old streets checking out the shops
for all the tourists.
We had another designated free parking spot all lined up thanks to our
camping book - right by the beach at Valrus-Plage. But upon arriving,
and reading our guide a bit more closely we realised it is only open
from October to April. Our next potential spot was in a not so pretty
area, but at least there were lots of campervans there. But on
parking we were told by the other campers that we weren't welcome
here?? It was then we had realised we had moved into a big group of
gispsies!!
Third time lucky though - this time at Villeneuve-les-Bains, right by a canal!!
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