 Most viewed - Fuerteventura - Day 5
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... perfect for long walks ...1814 views
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A long stretch of sand.1343 views
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Road.717 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.450 views
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Looooong beach ...442 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.373 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.368 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.362 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.357 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.352 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.348 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.346 views
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Seagulls.342 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. ;)340 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.338 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.338 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.338 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.336 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.336 views
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And they are really scenic.335 views
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Climbing the dune.335 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.335 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.334 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.334 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.333 views
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Enjoying the wind.333 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.333 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.333 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.332 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.331 views
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The city beach.331 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.329 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?329 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.328 views
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Beaches of Cofete.328 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.327 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.327 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.327 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.326 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.325 views
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Our Opel Corsa.324 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.324 views
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Patterns of the ground.324 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.324 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. :)323 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.323 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.321 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)320 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.320 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)320 views
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A Cofete house.320 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)320 views
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Cofete.319 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.319 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.314 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.312 views
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From the road along the peninsula.311 views
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A rock in the sand.311 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.310 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.310 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.309 views
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