 Most viewed - Fuerteventura - Day 5
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... perfect for long walks ...1858 views
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A long stretch of sand.1390 views
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Road.773 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.561 views
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Looooong beach ...511 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.425 views
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City beaches are not really our thing, so we headed to the wilder variety. The road there leads through some spectacularly arid landscape.424 views
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There's another lighthouse at a second tip of the peninsula, an even more desolate and windy one with views of the Cofete beach in the distance.424 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.421 views
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Seagulls.417 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.411 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)409 views
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The beach is enormous. First you have to cross a wide belt of marshes to get to the sand and the lighthouse.408 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.403 views
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Patterns of the ground.401 views
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Climbing the dune.399 views
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We skipped breakfast and started at about 7 a.m., drove across the whole island and arrived at the town of Morro Jable at about 9 a.m. The place is quite touristy, but our main interest was the beach.398 views
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There is so much space the beach is never crowded. Well, maybe only when the World Windsurfing Championship is held here. ;)397 views
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In the afternoon we continued past Morro Jable to the south. From this lokout the city beaches can be seen.396 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.396 views
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We took a different turn and climbed to the pass that leads to the other side of the mountains, to the isolated beaches of Cofete.396 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.395 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.393 views
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The southern tip of the island is very desolate. The road isn't paved and only few people make it this far. This is the view from the lighthouse at the very end of the peninsula back towards the island.393 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.393 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.391 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.390 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.389 views
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Beaches of Cofete.389 views
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The city beach.388 views
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Our Opel Corsa.387 views
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Enjoying the wind.387 views
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And they are really scenic.386 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.386 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.386 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.384 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.384 views
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To help you cross a wide belt of sand to get to the sea, there's a wooden path, but it's wobbly. Very wobbly. :)383 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.383 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.383 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.382 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.382 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?382 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.381 views
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A Cofete house.381 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.381 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.379 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.377 views
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Cofete.377 views
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From the road along the peninsula.376 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.375 views
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A rock in the sand.374 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)372 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.370 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.370 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.368 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.367 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.366 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.366 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)362 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.353 views
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