 Most viewed - Fuerteventura - Day 5
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... perfect for long walks ...1817 views
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A long stretch of sand.1347 views
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Road.720 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.453 views
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Looooong beach ...445 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.376 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.371 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.365 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.359 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.356 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.352 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.349 views
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Seagulls.346 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. ;)343 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.342 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.342 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.341 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.340 views
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And they are really scenic.339 views
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Climbing the dune.339 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.339 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.339 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.338 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.338 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.337 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.337 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.337 views
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Enjoying the wind.336 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.336 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.335 views
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The city beach.335 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.333 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?333 views
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Beaches of Cofete.332 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.332 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.331 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.331 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.331 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.330 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.329 views
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Our Opel Corsa.328 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.328 views
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Patterns of the ground.328 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.328 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.327 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. :)326 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.324 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)323 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)323 views
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Cofete.323 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.323 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.322 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)322 views
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A Cofete house.322 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.317 views
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A rock in the sand.317 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.316 views
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From the road along the peninsula.315 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.313 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.312 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.312 views
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