Saturday, August 28, 2010

Les Gorges du Pont du Diable ('Bridge of the Devil).

At the entrance, there was a cafeteria and a souvenir shop.

We took our time walking down the path through a beautiful green forest.

Going down was not a problem, going back up was..! A true test for fasting people like us.

This is where the fun started. Visitors were not allowed to enter without a guide (for safety reasons). It was a bit slippery inside. and TIGHT too, if u know what i mean. Luckily for moi, i'm short. I don't have to bend over much, if you know what i mean.

The first thing we saw inside the 'cave'. The cave was actually made from big rocks falling into this narrow valley, hence making an arc or a bridge.


The bridge is the one covered in green vegetation (above). Back in the days, some villagers ventured on it... fell... and killed themselves. So the other villagers taught the Devil haunted the bridge. They consequently called it the Bridge of the Devil and the name stuck since.

Someone wrote the name of their lover in the year 1848. *sweet* immortal love set in stone









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