 Most viewed - Fuerteventura - Day 5
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... perfect for long walks ...1767 views
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A long stretch of sand.1301 views
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Road.656 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.394 views
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Looooong beach ...390 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.323 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.318 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.309 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.306 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.305 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.302 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.300 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.300 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. ;)297 views
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Seagulls.297 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.295 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.293 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.293 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.292 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.291 views
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The city beach.291 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.291 views
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And they are really scenic.290 views
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Climbing the dune.290 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.290 views
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Enjoying the wind.289 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.289 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.288 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.287 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.286 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.286 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?286 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.284 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.284 views
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Beaches of Cofete.284 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.284 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.284 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.284 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.283 views
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Our Opel Corsa.283 views
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Patterns of the ground.282 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. :)279 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.279 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.279 views
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Cofete.279 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.277 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.277 views
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From the road along the peninsula.273 views
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A Cofete house.273 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.273 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)272 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.271 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)271 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.270 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.270 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.270 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)269 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.266 views
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A rock in the sand.266 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.263 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.261 views
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