 Most viewed - Fuerteventura - Day 5
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... perfect for long walks ...1994 views
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A long stretch of sand.1567 views
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Road.912 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.735 views
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Looooong beach ...713 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.590 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)585 views
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A Cofete house.584 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.582 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.577 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.577 views
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Our Opel Corsa.571 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.564 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.564 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. ;)564 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.564 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.563 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.559 views
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Seagulls.554 views
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Climbing the dune.551 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.550 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.550 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.548 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.547 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.547 views
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And they are really scenic.546 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.545 views
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Patterns of the ground.544 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.543 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)543 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.542 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.542 views
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Enjoying the wind.541 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.538 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.538 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.536 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.535 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. :)530 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.528 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.527 views
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From the road along the peninsula.526 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.523 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.523 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.522 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.518 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.518 views
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The city beach.515 views
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Beaches of Cofete.513 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.511 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.508 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.507 views
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A rock in the sand.505 views
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Cofete.503 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.501 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.501 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.500 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?499 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)493 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.487 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.486 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.466 views
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