 Most viewed - Fuerteventura - Day 5
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... perfect for long walks ...2074 views
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A long stretch of sand.1672 views
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Road.993 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.839 views
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Looooong beach ...822 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.704 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.697 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.694 views
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A Cofete house.683 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.678 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. ;)676 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.675 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.674 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.670 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.667 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)667 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.665 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.664 views
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Our Opel Corsa.663 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)660 views
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Patterns of the ground.658 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.648 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.647 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.647 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.642 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.642 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. :)640 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.639 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.639 views
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Seagulls.639 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.638 views
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And they are really scenic.636 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.635 views
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Enjoying the wind.635 views
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Climbing the dune.634 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.633 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.627 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.624 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.616 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.614 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.610 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.608 views
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The city beach.607 views
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From the road along the peninsula.607 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.605 views
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A rock in the sand.603 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?598 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.598 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.596 views
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Beaches of Cofete.595 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.591 views
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Cofete.590 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)589 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.586 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.586 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.585 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.583 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.583 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.582 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.578 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.561 views
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