 Most viewed - Fuerteventura - Day 5
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... perfect for long walks ...1942 views
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A long stretch of sand.1489 views
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Road.857 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.684 views
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Looooong beach ...644 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.545 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.525 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.523 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)522 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.521 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.521 views
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Climbing the dune.521 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.520 views
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And they are really scenic.519 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. ;)515 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.514 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.512 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.511 views
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A Cofete house.511 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.510 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.508 views
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Seagulls.508 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.504 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.501 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.500 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.498 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.497 views
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Enjoying the wind.497 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.493 views
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The city beach.492 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.491 views
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Patterns of the ground.490 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.490 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)490 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.489 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.489 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.488 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.487 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.484 views
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From the road along the peninsula.481 views
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Our Opel Corsa.480 views
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Beaches of Cofete.480 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. :)478 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.478 views
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A rock in the sand.478 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.477 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.474 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.474 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?473 views
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Cofete.472 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.471 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.471 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.469 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)468 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.467 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.460 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.459 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.456 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.455 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.450 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.434 views
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