 Most viewed - Fuerteventura - Day 5
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... perfect for long walks ...2286 views
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A long stretch of sand.1908 views
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Road.1167 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.1113 views
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Looooong beach ...1073 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.921 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.918 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.914 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.893 views
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A Cofete house.892 views
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Patterns of the ground.889 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.884 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.883 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. ;)880 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.874 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.869 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)868 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.867 views
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Enjoying the wind.860 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.858 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.857 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)857 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.856 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.854 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.845 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.844 views
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And they are really scenic.836 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.834 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.832 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.831 views
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Our Opel Corsa.828 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.825 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.823 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.823 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.821 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.820 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.819 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. :)817 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.815 views
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Beaches of Cofete.811 views
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Seagulls.810 views
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Climbing the dune.809 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.808 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.807 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.804 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.799 views
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From the road along the peninsula.797 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.797 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.795 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.793 views
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A rock in the sand.792 views
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The city beach.786 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.781 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.778 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.775 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.770 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.767 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?759 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.758 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)751 views
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Cofete.739 views
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