Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: La Condamine

The coastline further east of Nice, as seen after take off. Monaco with its high-rise blocks on the very right looks a bit like a small Kowloon at the Mediterranean Sea.

Even in December the sky is blue, the climate is mild and the flats have balconies for the summertime. At least the better flats. A good part of the population of 36.000, attracted by the climate and the tax-laws, live in high-rise blocks of flats in La Condamine, the area around the harbour. A high packing density. It reminded me on battery cages for egg-laying chickens. But that is unfair. The millionairs living in these blocks can drive their Porsches out of the air-conditioned, subterranian car parks - leave Monaco via a motorway and take a walk somewhere on the beaches or up in the mountains.