 Most viewed - Fuerteventura - Day 5
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... perfect for long walks ...1769 views
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A long stretch of sand.1305 views
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Road.659 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.399 views
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Looooong beach ...395 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.326 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.322 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.312 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.310 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.308 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.304 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.304 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.304 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. ;)300 views
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Seagulls.300 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.299 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.297 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.297 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.296 views
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The city beach.296 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.296 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.296 views
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And they are really scenic.294 views
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Climbing the dune.294 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.294 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.293 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.292 views
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Enjoying the wind.292 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.292 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.291 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?290 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.289 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.289 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.289 views
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Our Opel Corsa.288 views
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Beaches of Cofete.288 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.288 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.288 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.287 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.287 views
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Patterns of the ground.286 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.284 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.284 views
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Cofete.284 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. :)283 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.282 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.281 views
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A Cofete house.278 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.276 views
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From the road along the peninsula.276 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.276 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)275 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)275 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.275 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.274 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)273 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.273 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.271 views
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A rock in the sand.271 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.268 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.264 views
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