 Most viewed - Fuerteventura - Day 5
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... perfect for long walks ...1939 views
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A long stretch of sand.1485 views
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Road.854 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.681 views
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Looooong beach ...639 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.541 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.520 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.520 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)518 views
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Climbing the dune.518 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.517 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.517 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.516 views
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And they are really scenic.515 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. ;)512 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.511 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.508 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.508 views
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A Cofete house.507 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.506 views
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Seagulls.505 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.503 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.500 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.496 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.495 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.494 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.494 views
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Enjoying the wind.492 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.490 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.487 views
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The city beach.487 views
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Patterns of the ground.486 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.486 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.485 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.485 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)485 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.484 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.482 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.480 views
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From the road along the peninsula.479 views
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Beaches of Cofete.477 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. :)476 views
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A rock in the sand.476 views
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Our Opel Corsa.475 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.475 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.474 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.472 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.471 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?471 views
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Cofete.469 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.468 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)467 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.466 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.466 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.465 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.457 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.456 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.453 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.451 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.446 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.431 views
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