 Most viewed - Fuerteventura - Day 5
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... perfect for long walks ...2193 views
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A long stretch of sand.1794 views
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Road.1078 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.984 views
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Looooong beach ...938 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.830 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.825 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.808 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.805 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.802 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. ;)798 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.795 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.793 views
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Patterns of the ground.788 views
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A Cofete house.788 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.777 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.776 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.769 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.768 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.768 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)767 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.765 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)765 views
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Enjoying the wind.762 views
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And they are really scenic.753 views
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Our Opel Corsa.752 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.749 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.749 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.739 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.738 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. :)734 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.733 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.732 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.730 views
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Seagulls.730 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.729 views
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Climbing the dune.725 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.725 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.723 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.722 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.720 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.720 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.719 views
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From the road along the peninsula.717 views
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The city beach.715 views
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Beaches of Cofete.711 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.711 views
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A rock in the sand.710 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.709 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.709 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.704 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.697 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.693 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?693 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.692 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.692 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.688 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.686 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)679 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.679 views
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Cofete.672 views
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