 Most viewed - Fuerteventura - Day 5
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... perfect for long walks ...2195 views
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A long stretch of sand.1797 views
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Road.1082 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.988 views
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Looooong beach ...942 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.835 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.828 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.811 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.808 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.805 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. ;)801 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.798 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.798 views
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Patterns of the ground.791 views
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A Cofete house.791 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.781 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.779 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)772 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.772 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.771 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.771 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.770 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)767 views
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Enjoying the wind.765 views
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And they are really scenic.758 views
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Our Opel Corsa.756 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.753 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.752 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.743 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.742 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. :)739 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.737 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.735 views
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Seagulls.735 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.734 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.734 views
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Climbing the dune.728 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.728 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.726 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.725 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.723 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.723 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.722 views
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From the road along the peninsula.721 views
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The city beach.718 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.715 views
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Beaches of Cofete.714 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.712 views
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A rock in the sand.712 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.711 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.707 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.701 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.697 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.696 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?696 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.695 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.692 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.688 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.684 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)680 views
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Cofete.675 views
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