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Stayed in the Languedoc last year and drifted one fine day into a large coastal fishing town called Sete. Wow. What a place. Beats the bongos out of all the glitzy, showy, pretentious Cote d'Azur resorts. And a good deal better value on the Euro's too. Just about everything centres along the 'south to north' waterway that disects the town completely from the open sea at the bottom, to the inland waterways at the top. Its just as busy as say Cannes,but theres plenty of underground car parks to sustain the traffic.
After filling our tummies with seriously fresh seafood in one of the myriad of waterside eating shops, where the service seemed to be universally cheerful and sincere, i strolled across the road to look for some photo opportunities amongst all the fishing trawlers that were lining the harbourside.
This particular modern trawler with a remakable huge copper stern transom - nudged in right next to me and began cleaning down and equipment repairs as per the image. The fishermen were not the least bit perturbed by me nosing around with my camera. I think the colour versions of this do the setting more justice and when time permits I will upload a number of other images of Sete's harbourside activities.
If you're not familiar with the Languedoc coast (as we wer'nt) and you plan on having a holiday down there somewhere, I recommend a visit to the area and the endless miles of golden sandy beaches that flank Sete from Montpellier all the way down to Spain. Stunning.
Sete Star Sept SE Asia Tour 2014; Sound of Sunwish #2
15 March 2014 | Houtenhand Public House
Malang | East Java
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