 Most viewed - May 2009
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... perfect for long walks ...1923 views
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I liked the peak in the distance - what a shape. ;)1547 views
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A long stretch of sand.1469 views
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The (only) loval restaurant was closed, but I loved its back entrance.1401 views
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Down the cliff the rocks were overgrown with green algae.1010 views
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We had a high-jump competition of sorts - did I jump high enough? :)990 views
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It was scorching hot and the promenade was deserted.966 views
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Road.834 views
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Swimming in the pools is not allowed after 7 p.m. Can you believe it?833 views
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Of course I managed to prick my finger on it. :(718 views
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We then drove on a dirt road along the coast. Peter was happy. :)660 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.656 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.629 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.628 views
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Looooong beach ...616 views
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Colored hills.602 views
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The beach was deserted.593 views
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Lanzarote landscape.580 views
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A typical bus stop along the road. Main roads are, btw, very good - paved and in a good shape.551 views
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From the pass we descended down to the main road.539 views
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At the end of the valley there is a fantastic lookout point from a pass towards the west.535 views
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Waves.532 views
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A black rock.532 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.524 views
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The pretty white church of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria with a black bell tower in La Oliva.524 views
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More white sandy beaches.524 views
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Isla de los Lobos is just a short boat ride away.522 views
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People slide down the dunes or even make cartwheels.521 views
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The sun behind the clouds shone on the sea.516 views
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One part of the beach is sandy.515 views
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Again, the place is ideal to sit down and listen to the sea.515 views
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I wanted to see Los Molinos again to shoot it in a more favorable light.512 views
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Back at the dunes I still found new things to photograph.512 views
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Spinach ravioli - very good! :)512 views
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The island is supposed to be famous for goats, but we only saw a handful the whole week.511 views
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Some waves spray over ten meters high when they crash into the rocks.510 views
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Ominous clouds approached from the inland to cover the picturesque village.510 views
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The outskirts of La Oliva.509 views
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Low tide.509 views
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Peter had fun photographing the water fountain.508 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.507 views
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... and towards the north.506 views
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A house with a view.506 views
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Did I say I was through with patterns? ;)503 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.503 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.502 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.501 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)501 views
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Climbing the dune.501 views
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The dune.501 views
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I just stood in the water, letting the waves lap at me and taking photos.501 views
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One sun beam illuminated a narrow strip of land.501 views
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Climbing the dune.500 views
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We were already in the clouds.500 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. ;)499 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.499 views
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Take-off on Lanzarote.499 views
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Kiddie pool.498 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.498 views
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The Betancuria pass was cloudy and dreary.498 views
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A cat sat underneath our table the whole time we ate. This love-struck look was intended for Peter. :)498 views
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There was a lookout point ...496 views
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And they are really scenic.496 views
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When we had had enough of the sand, we headed south. The landscape around La Oliva is spectacular.496 views
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No dogs. Ironically, we saw three dogs - and no humans. :)496 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. ;)495 views
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"Cracks" in the ground.495 views
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The bay.494 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.493 views
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A Cofete house.492 views
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A dune and a photographer.492 views
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Los Molinos is a small villages of maybe ten houses set on a beach and surrounded by magnificent cliffs.491 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.491 views
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Los Molinos in the late afternoon light.491 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.490 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.490 views
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The bay.490 views
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One more look before returning.490 views
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A windsurfer.490 views
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In the car along the desert road.490 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.489 views
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One.489 views
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Seagulls.488 views
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Into the sun.488 views
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Colorful hills.488 views
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There's obviously enough moisture for some plants to grow.488 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.487 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.487 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.487 views
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At the end of the trail there are a couple of caves that are accessible to public.487 views
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Lanzarote landscape.487 views
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Every hotel has a swimming pool! ;)486 views
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Our car down below.486 views
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The terraces appeared to have been deserted.485 views
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Yep, the water is cold.484 views
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A scrawny little bush in the sand.484 views
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On the way to Los Molinos.484 views
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A lifeguard's hut on top of the hill. It's a bit far from the beach and I don't know how a lifeguard is supposed to rescue a swimmer in danger from here.484 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.483 views
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Back at the village after the dark clouds had disappeared.483 views
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My little waterproof Olympus came in handy.483 views
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Faro del Tostón.482 views
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A white road and a red road.482 views
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Typical architecture.482 views
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In the plane.482 views
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Our lunch, a sea food platter. It was delicious.481 views
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Lots of greenery around the resort is actually deceiving as the island itself is not nearly as green.480 views
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Salt evaporation ponds with a footbridge.480 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.480 views
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Remember these hills?480 views
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From the hill the views were breathtaking.480 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.480 views
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Puffy clouds above Northern Africa.479 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.479 views
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Moonscape with the sea in the background.479 views
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A red valley.479 views
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Belts of sand formed by the tide.479 views
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Dark and rainy here, but far in the distance the sun was setting.479 views
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The food was surprisingly good! Way to go, Niki Air!478 views
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Yellow dunes.478 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.478 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.478 views
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A windmill.478 views
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Puertito de los Molinos.478 views
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Last view of Lanzarote.478 views
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A Moroccan town.477 views
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A sand dune extending from the hill to the beach.477 views
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We parked the car and walked to the beach. Beach chairs and umbreally can be rented.477 views
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The air traffic is quite busy.477 views
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Corralejo and its desert.477 views
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A roundabout.477 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.476 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.476 views
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Just outside La Oliva after sunset.476 views
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It was warm enough so we decided to go for a swim.476 views
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The clouds obscured the sun, which is not a good thing when it's windy and you're wet. ;)476 views
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A volcanic cone.475 views
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The valley of Vallebrón is full of terraces.475 views
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In the cave.475 views
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One of the many beaches along the coast.474 views
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Enjoying the wind.474 views
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The cliffs and the waves.474 views
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At the Betancuria pass again. The clouds had descended almost all the way down to the road.474 views
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Waiting for the take-off at the Fuerteventura airport.474 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.473 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.473 views
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On the dune.473 views
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Sand.473 views
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More Algerian landscapes.472 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.472 views
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The village of Tindaya.472 views
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Waves overflowing a rocky barrier in front of the cliffs.472 views
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A lookout on the cliff.472 views
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Coast close to Oran, Algeria.471 views
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Only rare plants grow in the desert.471 views
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The city beach.471 views
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Green window.471 views
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The beach.471 views
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A very imaginative letter box.470 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)470 views
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The dune.470 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.469 views
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Patterns of the ground.469 views
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Interesting wisps of clouds.469 views
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Colorful hills.469 views
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My footsteps.469 views
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A road divides the sea and the dunes.468 views
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Expansive views back towards Betancuria ...468 views
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The rocky beach at Los Molinos.468 views
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Limestone.468 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.467 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.467 views
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An inland lake in Morocco.466 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.465 views
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A port town close to Oran, Algeria.464 views
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The landscape amazed me.464 views
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Only sporadic sun rays illuminated the landscape, or in this case, the village of Tindaya.464 views
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A panoramic view of the bay.464 views
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Approaching over a tourist resort on Fuerteventura.463 views
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It reminded me of some Greek islands.463 views
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From the road along the peninsula.463 views
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Our next stop was the village of Las Playitas.462 views
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The town of El Cotillo has a steep, almost inaccessible shore.462 views
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The beach is ideal for long walks.462 views
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Arid slopes.462 views
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The beach.462 views
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On the way back the weather didn't cease to show its dramatic side.462 views
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I don't know where all the inhabitants were, but we didn't see a soul.461 views
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Beaches of Cofete.461 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.460 views
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Fuerteventura is a very windy island so people have made use of the wind power since ancient times. And yes, that's me. :)460 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?460 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.460 views
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Road.460 views
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The coast through the dirty window. :(460 views
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Patterns in the sand were amazing.459 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. :)459 views
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Our Opel Corsa.459 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.459 views
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The weather was clearing up while we were sitting on top of the cliff, enjoyed the views and drank beer. :)459 views
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