21/45.- Crossing into Camargue

As the Rhone (the river that has its origin in the Rhone glacier and crosses Lake Geneva) descends from the Alps, crosses Provence and meets the Mediterranean, it branches out into a large delta known by the name of Camargue, a wide stretch of marshland that used to be mosquito-infested, but has now become a narural reserve harboring species of animals not found elsewhere.  Not all branches of the Rhone are bridged, and at some points visitors must wait under the baking sun for a small boat that will take them to the other side.

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