 Most viewed - Fuerteventura - Day 5
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... perfect for long walks ...2037 views
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A long stretch of sand.1628 views
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Road.954 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.801 views
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Looooong beach ...785 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.649 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.649 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)648 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.645 views
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A Cofete house.643 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.636 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. ;)634 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.633 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.632 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.624 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.620 views
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Our Opel Corsa.618 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.616 views
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Patterns of the ground.612 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)611 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.610 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.609 views
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Seagulls.607 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.605 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.603 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.598 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.598 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.596 views
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Enjoying the wind.596 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.593 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.593 views
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Climbing the dune.590 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. :)589 views
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And they are really scenic.589 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.588 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.586 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.578 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.576 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.574 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.573 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.568 views
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From the road along the peninsula.568 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.568 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.559 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.559 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.558 views
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A rock in the sand.557 views
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The city beach.555 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.554 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?554 views
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Beaches of Cofete.553 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.552 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.551 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.549 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.548 views
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Cofete.548 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)544 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.535 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.535 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.535 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.531 views
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