Pont d'Arc

After the cascades in Roque-sur-Cèze, we went to a small town called Vallon Pont d'Arc. In fact, we wanted to see the Pont d'Arc, which is a naturally formed archway along a river. And Vallon Pont d'Arc was the closest town to it (I think :P )

Most of the photos taken in this town (or should I say all?) are from the others, since I didn't take much. It was just a small town, rather touristic because of the Pont d'Arc (which we went to see later, so the photos are lower down).

Here we are at the town hall, where they were preparing for a lavender festival the next day. (in a very rare instance, I am not posting these photos chronologically)


Alex likes to take candid photos of us "shopping":



Kai Lun tested some perfumes, and here he was letting us smell his lavender-perfumed finger. And Alex, ever the cameraman, clicked away instead :P


We also saw a giant ice-cream, which was a welcome sight in the hot weather. (actually the same ice-cream, in different colours, was in front of a lot of ice-cream shops)

Er...if we look barbaric it was because we were dying of thirst...and from the heat :P

Upon reaching the town, we had asked someone for directions to the Pont d'Arc, and after walking around, we left to look for it. But on the way we stopped for a few photos as well...

Like when we saw some nice scenery.


We took a photo with the car...

Er...can't see much of it, huh? :P

And Goh seized a once-in-a-lifetime posing opportunity.

"Quick, Kai Lun, quick! Before a car comes!"

Another piece of scenery from earlier:


And I wasn't going to put this...

Alex's "king of the world" pose

...but for the existence of "the making of". :P


And finally, the aim of all this driving around: the Pont d'Arc.


The Pont d'Arc is at one end of the Gorges de l'Ardèche, sort of a river in a valley which is a very popular touristic spot. There are rapids there and many people go kayaking. It is supposedly a beautiful natural spot. Unfortunately, we didn't have enough time to travel all along the Gorges, so we had to content ourselves with a part of it.


Since Alex took the above photo (and several others) for us, it was only fair that we help him take some photos of him too. These are the consecutive ones I took:

The more the merrier ;)

I call it the pile-up. :P

And here is Alex taking a video; he does that at every destination, and even makes a running commentary.


And that was all we did for the day, before having dinner and then heading home - that is, Goh's home - for the night.

Oh yeah, and for those car enthusiasts out there, here's a clearer view of the one we rented.


Don't ask me more :P