This afternoon, we rented bikes in Arles, and managed to ride them mostly off the busy roads, following the dike path along the Rhone for a while, on to the Pont Van Gogh, and then following a very nice paved bike path along the canal than runs between Arles and Port-St.-Louis-du-Rhone.
Yesterday, I walked to the Pont Van Gogh. Knowing a walking route enabled us to stay off main roads as we rode bikes there today.
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| Van Gogh's painting of the Pont |
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| This is a reconstructed replica of the original bridge |
We began our excursion riding down the embarcation ramp for the river boats on the Rhone. That started out pretty well, but we encountered one sunken boat that had containment booms around it. Small barricades were up on either side of the boat. But that wasn't enough to stop us from squeezing around them, and continuing on our way.
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| Looking back to the river boats |
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| Bori squeezing around the barricade around the sunken boat |
South of the the Pont Van Gogh, we were really surprised at how nice the canal trail was. It is built atop the dike wall, and offers a great view of lots of agriculture. Today we saw the rice fields.
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| Rice culture |
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