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... perfect for long walks ...1704 views
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A long stretch of sand.1236 views
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Road.582 views
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Looooong beach ...288 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.275 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.248 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.245 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.238 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.233 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.232 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.232 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. ;)228 views
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Enjoying the wind.227 views
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The city beach.227 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.227 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.227 views
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Climbing the dune.226 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.226 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.226 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?226 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.224 views
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Beaches of Cofete.224 views
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Seagulls.224 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.223 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.222 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.222 views
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And they are really scenic.221 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.220 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.220 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.220 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.219 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.219 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.218 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.218 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.217 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.216 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.215 views
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Patterns of the ground.214 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.211 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. :)211 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.210 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.208 views
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Our Opel Corsa.205 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.204 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)204 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.203 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.203 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)203 views
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A Cofete house.203 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.203 views
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Cofete.203 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.202 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.201 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.200 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)199 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.198 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.198 views
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From the road along the peninsula.196 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.196 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.194 views
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A rock in the sand.194 views
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