 Most viewed - Fuerteventura - Day 5
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... perfect for long walks ...2284 views
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A long stretch of sand.1907 views
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Road.1165 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.1111 views
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Looooong beach ...1073 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.919 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.914 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.911 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.891 views
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A Cofete house.889 views
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Patterns of the ground.886 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.882 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.881 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. ;)877 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.872 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.869 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)867 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.867 views
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Enjoying the wind.858 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.856 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)856 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.854 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.853 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.852 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.842 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.842 views
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And they are really scenic.834 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.831 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.829 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.828 views
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Our Opel Corsa.825 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.823 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.822 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.820 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.819 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.818 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. :)817 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.817 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.813 views
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Seagulls.809 views
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Climbing the dune.808 views
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Beaches of Cofete.808 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.807 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.805 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.803 views
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From the road along the peninsula.797 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.796 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.796 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.793 views
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A rock in the sand.791 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.790 views
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The city beach.783 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.778 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.776 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.775 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.770 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.765 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.757 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?756 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)750 views
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Cofete.736 views
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