 Most viewed - May 2009
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... perfect for long walks ...2173 views
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A long stretch of sand.1777 views
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I liked the peak in the distance - what a shape. ;)1776 views
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The (only) loval restaurant was closed, but I loved its back entrance.1646 views
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We had a high-jump competition of sorts - did I jump high enough? :)1279 views
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Down the cliff the rocks were overgrown with green algae.1246 views
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It was scorching hot and the promenade was deserted.1202 views
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Swimming in the pools is not allowed after 7 p.m. Can you believe it?1102 views
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Road.1065 views
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Of course I managed to prick my finger on it. :(1006 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.957 views
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We then drove on a dirt road along the coast. Peter was happy. :)956 views
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Lanzarote landscape.922 views
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Looooong beach ...915 views
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The whole island is full of this little red plant. I have no idea what it's called, but it makes for a colorful foreground.894 views
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Colored hills.894 views
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The beach was deserted.870 views
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We only got the car around 11 a.m. so our exploration started in the harshest part of the day. We drove south, past Puerto del Rosario, and made our first stop at Costa de Antigua. The shore with cliffs is impressive.854 views
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Isla de los Lobos is just a short boat ride away.831 views
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Did I say I was through with patterns? ;)818 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.815 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.809 views
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Low tide.807 views
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From the pass we descended down to the main road.803 views
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Back at the dunes I still found new things to photograph.797 views
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More white sandy beaches.797 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.794 views
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One part of the beach is sandy.792 views
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Waves.790 views
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A typical bus stop along the road. Main roads are, btw, very good - paved and in a good shape.788 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.788 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. ;)783 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.782 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.780 views
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At the end of the valley there is a fantastic lookout point from a pass towards the west.780 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.778 views
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A black rock.777 views
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Lanzarote landscape.776 views
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Patterns of the ground.773 views
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The pretty white church of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria with a black bell tower in La Oliva.771 views
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A Cofete house.770 views
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The dune.770 views
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Algeria from above. The visibility wasn't so great and photos turned out mostly grey, so Photoshop came in handy to create "art", hehe. ;)769 views
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A house with a view.768 views
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I wanted to see Los Molinos again to shoot it in a more favorable light.767 views
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A roundabout.767 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.766 views
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The road through the Parque Natural de Corralejo goes straight through the desert. People can park their cars on either side of the road and then walk across the dunes to the beach.761 views
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Spinach ravioli - very good! :)761 views
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The outskirts of La Oliva.759 views
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Take-off on Lanzarote.758 views
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An inland lake in Morocco.756 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.756 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.756 views
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The sun behind the clouds shone on the sea.756 views
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One sun beam illuminated a narrow strip of land.755 views
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The terraces appeared to have been deserted.754 views
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No dogs. Ironically, we saw three dogs - and no humans. :)754 views
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Yellow dunes.753 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.753 views
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A red valley.753 views
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We flew from Salzburg to Fuerteventura with a quick stop on the adjacent island, Lanzarote. The five-hour flight was quite uneventful so I occupied myself with taking pictures.751 views
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The town of El Cotillo has a steep, almost inaccessible shore.751 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)751 views
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On the last day I realized I hadn't really taken any pictures of Corralejo, the town where we were staying. Well, it's nothing special really. Here's just one photo of one of the main streets.750 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)749 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.749 views
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Peter had fun photographing the water fountain.749 views
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The view from the first floor. One of the great things here is that hotels are not built high. Instead, they are spread out over large areas.748 views
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One of the many beaches along the coast.748 views
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A very imaginative letter box.747 views
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Enjoying the wind.745 views
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We were already in the clouds.744 views
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More Algerian landscapes.742 views
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Moonscape with the sea in the background.742 views
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Sand.742 views
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Our Opel Corsa.741 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.740 views
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And they are really scenic.739 views
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Belts of sand formed by the tide.739 views
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The food was surprisingly good! Way to go, Niki Air!737 views
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Again, the place is ideal to sit down and listen to the sea.737 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.735 views
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The valley of Vallebrón is full of terraces.735 views
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On the way to Los Molinos.735 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.734 views
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A dune and a photographer.734 views
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Ominous clouds approached from the inland to cover the picturesque village.734 views
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A port town close to Oran, Algeria.733 views
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Kiddie pool.733 views
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Los Molinos in the late afternoon light.733 views
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A windsurfer.730 views
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We parked the car and walked to the beach. Beach chairs and umbreally can be rented.730 views
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When we had had enough of the sand, we headed south. The landscape around La Oliva is spectacular.729 views
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It seemed odd to us that all towns and villages were incredibly deserted. There was nobody in sight. Did we land in the land of ghost towns?728 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.728 views
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A road divides the sea and the dunes.727 views
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... and towards the north.727 views
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One.726 views
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One of the stops has regular visitors - little ground squirrel, which are so used to people they come running when they hear a car stopping.726 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.726 views
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Just outside La Oliva after sunset.726 views
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It was warm enough so we decided to go for a swim.725 views
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In the plane.725 views
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Last view of Lanzarote.725 views
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Salt evaporation ponds with a footbridge.724 views
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A Moroccan town.723 views
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Every hotel has a swimming pool! ;)723 views
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The island is supposed to be famous for goats, but we only saw a handful the whole week.723 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. :)722 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.721 views
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A cat sat underneath our table the whole time we ate. This love-struck look was intended for Peter. :)721 views
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The countryside on the way to La Pared was spectacular again. We stopped the car along the road and climbed a nearby hill to take photos in all four directions.721 views
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Seagulls.720 views
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I just stood in the water, letting the waves lap at me and taking photos.720 views
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The area around the village of La Oliva is spectacular in its reddish colors.718 views
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Into the sun.718 views
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Coast close to Oran, Algeria.717 views
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The mists of the horizon prevented the sunrise from being spectacular. The light was weak and pretty colorless.717 views
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A small green forest. I mean really small.717 views
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The village of Tindaya.717 views
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There's obviously enough moisture for some plants to grow.717 views
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Los Molinos is a small villages of maybe ten houses set on a beach and surrounded by magnificent cliffs.716 views
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People slide down the dunes or even make cartwheels.716 views
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A volcanic cone.716 views
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The bay.716 views
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Our car down below.716 views
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My little waterproof Olympus came in handy.716 views
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Climbing the dune.715 views
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A white road and a red road.715 views
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From the hill the views were breathtaking.715 views
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My footsteps.715 views
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From above it's easy to see how arid Lanzarote is.714 views
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The light was slowly becoming stronger as the sun rose.714 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.714 views
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On the dune.714 views
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In the car along the desert road.714 views
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Corralejo and its desert.714 views
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Puffy clouds above Northern Africa.713 views
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Only rare plants grow in the desert.713 views
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The landscape between Corralejo and El Cotillo is just as deserted and barren as most of the island. Surprisingly, there were many stone fences.713 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.713 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.712 views
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Some waves spray over ten meters high when they crash into the rocks.712 views
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A sand dune extending from the hill to the beach.711 views
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Strange-looking flowers.711 views
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The water is not very warm and the wind blows all the time, so we opted to just sit on the beach for a while and leave swimming for some other time.710 views
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The bay.710 views
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Remember these hills?710 views
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Dark and rainy here, but far in the distance the sun was setting.709 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.708 views
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Yep, the water is cold.707 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.707 views
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A scrawny little bush in the sand.707 views
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A windmill.707 views
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Typical architecture.707 views
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Puertito de los Molinos.707 views
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Play of light and shadow.707 views
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Puerto del Rosario from above.707 views
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Green patches of Lanzarote.707 views
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The coastal road.706 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.706 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.706 views
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The rocky beach at Los Molinos.706 views
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It reminded me of some Greek islands.705 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.704 views
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Waves overflowing a rocky barrier in front of the cliffs.704 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.703 views
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Only sporadic sun rays illuminated the landscape, or in this case, the village of Tindaya.703 views
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O hai! :)703 views
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Colorful hills.703 views
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Waiting for the take-off at the Fuerteventura airport.703 views
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Green waves.702 views
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The beach is ideal for long walks.702 views
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From the road along the peninsula.701 views
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The Betancuria pass was cloudy and dreary.701 views
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Lots of greenery around the resort is actually deceiving as the island itself is not nearly as green.700 views
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There was a lookout point ...699 views
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The landscape amazed me.699 views
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The city beach.699 views
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Road.699 views
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The air traffic is quite busy.699 views
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Patterns in the sand were amazing.698 views
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I noticed an unusual structure at the side of the church.697 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.697 views
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Our lunch, a sea food platter. It was delicious.697 views
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Deserted sandy beach.696 views
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Climbing the dune.696 views
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Interesting wisps of clouds.696 views
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Green window.696 views
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Arid slopes.696 views
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The beach.696 views
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We stayed at an apartment hotel in Corralejo at the northern tip of the island. The place was big, pleasant, quiet, and had several swimming pools for those who preferred to stay put.695 views
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Las Salinas del Carmen.695 views
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The landscape is barren and almost devoid of settlements, just a house here and there.695 views
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Faro del Tostón.695 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.695 views
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A rock in the sand.695 views
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The dune.695 views
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Our next stop was the village of Las Playitas.694 views
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