Cassis
Cassis, France. Ok, it sounds like some kind of a fruit drink. But it's a little town not very far from Marseille. After a long trip to the west, we arrived at Cassis. It's not a very very big place but it certainly has one of the most breathtaking landscape of the French coast. The water is as clear as it can be. And most of all, a big part of the coast is made of medium-size fjords. Here's a picture of the enviroment.

A long walk was required to get to a little dock. A lot of boats were anchored and floating lifeless on the water. The water was looking incredibly clear. ,,Better than the camping'', was my first thought. After a ten minute wrestle with my diving suit, I was able to get into the water. When I got in, I was very disappointed. The water surface was filled with some liquid. It made the water look like a colorless juice. I figured the stuff was leaking from the boats. So I made some deeper dives. Fortunately, the water was very, very, very clear down there. And the bottom was very, very. very covered with big debris.  I also discovered that the day-wrecking juice wasn't all over the place.
 
That wais the ugly part of the debris. Some big parts of old boats were to be admired as well.

Left: At a little depth I bump into this thing. This must have been a part of a small boat. Or it's been placed down there for the tourists. I don't really care, it looks nice.
Right: It's a wall. Or a piece of a wall, at least. Standing like a sword that's been struck into the ground,
the thing is unmovable. At the left you can see some sort of a mechanical wheel. Or something. Heck, it's not an electrical toothbrush for sure. 
 

Left: Well, well, well. These little creatures are very rare to me. Actually, it's the first one I ever saw in the Mediterranean.
Right: This picture was hard to take. The fish were panicked. Probably because of my ugly face which suddenly appeared to them. So this one's a bit wasted.
 
 
 
 

 
No shortage of fish in Cassis. I was very impressed by these scenes. I'm sure that I'll come back here. Sooner or later. Once you've seen it, you can't let go of it. It's like a drug addiction. Only worse.

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