 Most viewed - Fuerteventura - Day 5
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... perfect for long walks ...2118 views
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A long stretch of sand.1716 views
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Road.1035 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.886 views
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Looooong beach ...875 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.747 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.736 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.735 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.734 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. ;)722 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.721 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.720 views
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A Cofete house.720 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)719 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.718 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.717 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.715 views
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Patterns of the ground.715 views
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Our Opel Corsa.704 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)702 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.692 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.692 views
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Seagulls.692 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.691 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.691 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. :)690 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.690 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.684 views
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And they are really scenic.683 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.683 views
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Climbing the dune.682 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.681 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.681 views
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Enjoying the wind.680 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.677 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.677 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.677 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.669 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.667 views
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From the road along the peninsula.658 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.658 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.653 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.652 views
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A rock in the sand.651 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.650 views
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The city beach.649 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.648 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.645 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.642 views
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Beaches of Cofete.641 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?641 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.637 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)634 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.633 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.632 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.628 views
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Cofete.625 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.624 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.624 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.619 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.601 views
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