 Most viewed - Fuerteventura - Day 5
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... perfect for long walks ...1996 views
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A long stretch of sand.1570 views
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Road.917 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.739 views
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Looooong beach ...717 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.594 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)588 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.588 views
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A Cofete house.588 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.581 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.580 views
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Our Opel Corsa.576 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.571 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.571 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. ;)568 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.567 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.566 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.563 views
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Seagulls.562 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.557 views
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Climbing the dune.555 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.554 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.554 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.550 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.550 views
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And they are really scenic.549 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.549 views
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Patterns of the ground.548 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.548 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)547 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.546 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.545 views
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Enjoying the wind.544 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.541 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.541 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.539 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.539 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. :)535 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.531 views
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From the road along the peninsula.529 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.529 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.527 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.527 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.525 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.523 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.522 views
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The city beach.520 views
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Beaches of Cofete.519 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.516 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.511 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.510 views
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A rock in the sand.510 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.508 views
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Cofete.507 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.505 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.503 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?503 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)497 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.490 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.489 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.473 views
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