France's Wild Wild West: The Camargue is an interesting region in the South of France, very much like its own separate little country. As you cross into the region, the scenery takes on a huge change.  Instead of elegant French chateaux,  medieval villages or Roman ruins, you'll see vast stretches of marshes and wetlands, pastures, dunes and the salt flats which make up the Camargue. The Camargue region was designated as a botanical and zoological nature reserve in 1927 and 1970 and this … [Read more...]