 Most viewed - Fuerteventura - Day 5
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... perfect for long walks ...2122 views
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A long stretch of sand.1718 views
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Road.1040 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.890 views
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Looooong beach ...878 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.748 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.738 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.738 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.736 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.725 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. ;)724 views
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A Cofete house.724 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)723 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.722 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.720 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.719 views
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Patterns of the ground.719 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.717 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)707 views
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Our Opel Corsa.705 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.694 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.694 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.694 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.694 views
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Seagulls.694 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.693 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. :)692 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.686 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.686 views
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And they are really scenic.685 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.685 views
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Climbing the dune.684 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.684 views
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Enjoying the wind.682 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.679 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.679 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.679 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.671 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.670 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.662 views
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From the road along the peninsula.660 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.657 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.654 views
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A rock in the sand.654 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.653 views
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The city beach.652 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.651 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.648 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.647 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?645 views
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Beaches of Cofete.643 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.640 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.637 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)636 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.633 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.631 views
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Cofete.629 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.627 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.626 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.621 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.603 views
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