 Most viewed - Fuerteventura - Day 5
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... perfect for long walks ...1861 views
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A long stretch of sand.1393 views
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Road.778 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.564 views
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Looooong beach ...513 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.428 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.428 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.427 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.424 views
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Seagulls.420 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.415 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.413 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)413 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.406 views
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Climbing the dune.404 views
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Patterns of the ground.404 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.401 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. ;)401 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.400 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.399 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.399 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.398 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.397 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.396 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.396 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.395 views
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The city beach.392 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.392 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.391 views
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Beaches of Cofete.391 views
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Our Opel Corsa.390 views
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And they are really scenic.390 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.390 views
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Enjoying the wind.390 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.389 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.388 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.387 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. :)386 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.386 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.386 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.386 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?386 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.385 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.385 views
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A Cofete house.384 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.383 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.382 views
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Cofete.381 views
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From the road along the peninsula.380 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.379 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.378 views
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A rock in the sand.378 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)375 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.374 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.373 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.373 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.370 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.369 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.369 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)364 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.356 views
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