Full moon January camping in the calanques.

One weekend in January a group of 5 of us set out for a nighttime walk and some camping with the full moon and clear skies, there was no need for flashlights. The weather afforded us just a few layers and camping with just an average bag and no tent was no problem. Our destination was a secret cave one of the guys knew about, well the cave was already occupied so we found a spot right on the water, protected by an old stone wall originally used to protect the city of Marseille from Napoleon.

Checking out the morning view

Our site from back up the cliffs

The peninsula we camped on put us in front of the Cosquer cave. An underwater cavern that has wall paintings of ice-age animals dating back to at least 20 000 BC.


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