 Most viewed - May 2009
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... perfect for long walks ...2136 views
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A long stretch of sand.1745 views
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I liked the peak in the distance - what a shape. ;)1732 views
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The (only) loval restaurant was closed, but I loved its back entrance.1617 views
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We had a high-jump competition of sorts - did I jump high enough? :)1242 views
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Down the cliff the rocks were overgrown with green algae.1206 views
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It was scorching hot and the promenade was deserted.1164 views
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Swimming in the pools is not allowed after 7 p.m. Can you believe it?1053 views
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Road.1043 views
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Of course I managed to prick my finger on it. :(962 views
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We then drove on a dirt road along the coast. Peter was happy. :)909 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.905 views
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Lanzarote landscape.886 views
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Looooong beach ...881 views
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Colored hills.861 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.857 views
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The beach was deserted.821 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.817 views
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Isla de los Lobos is just a short boat ride away.787 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.786 views
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Did I say I was through with patterns? ;)782 views
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A typical bus stop along the road. Main roads are, btw, very good - paved and in a good shape.764 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.762 views
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Back at the dunes I still found new things to photograph.762 views
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From the pass we descended down to the main road.761 views
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Waves.754 views
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Low tide.753 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.752 views
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Lanzarote landscape.752 views
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More white sandy beaches.747 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.746 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.741 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.741 views
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Take-off on Lanzarote.740 views
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At the end of the valley there is a fantastic lookout point from a pass towards the west.739 views
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A black rock.739 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. ;)738 views
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A Cofete house.738 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)737 views
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One part of the beach is sandy.737 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.735 views
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Patterns of the ground.732 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.731 views
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I wanted to see Los Molinos again to shoot it in a more favorable light.731 views
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A house with a view.731 views
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A roundabout.731 views
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The pretty white church of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria with a black bell tower in La Oliva.730 views
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The sun behind the clouds shone on the sea.730 views
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An inland lake in Morocco.729 views
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Spinach ravioli - very good! :)727 views
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A red valley.726 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.723 views
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The dune.723 views
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One sun beam illuminated a narrow strip of land.722 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. ;)720 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.719 views
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The outskirts of La Oliva.719 views
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Yellow dunes.718 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.718 views
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Our Opel Corsa.718 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.718 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.715 views
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The town of El Cotillo has a steep, almost inaccessible shore.712 views
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One of the many beaches along the coast.711 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)711 views
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Again, the place is ideal to sit down and listen to the sea.710 views
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We were already in the clouds.710 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.708 views
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No dogs. Ironically, we saw three dogs - and no humans. :)708 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.707 views
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Moonscape with the sea in the background.707 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. :)706 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.703 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.702 views
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The food was surprisingly good! Way to go, Niki Air!701 views
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Peter had fun photographing the water fountain.701 views
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And they are really scenic.699 views
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On the way to Los Molinos.699 views
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A very imaginative letter box.698 views
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The valley of Vallebrón is full of terraces.698 views
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Seagulls.697 views
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A cat sat underneath our table the whole time we ate. This love-struck look was intended for Peter. :)697 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.696 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.696 views
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Enjoying the wind.696 views
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A dune and a photographer.696 views
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The terraces appeared to have been deserted.696 views
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Ominous clouds approached from the inland to cover the picturesque village.696 views
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Sand.695 views
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Last view of Lanzarote.695 views
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A Moroccan town.694 views
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Kiddie pool.693 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.693 views
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Los Molinos in the late afternoon light.693 views
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A windsurfer.692 views
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It was warm enough so we decided to go for a swim.692 views
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More Algerian landscapes.691 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?691 views
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... and towards the north.691 views
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When we had had enough of the sand, we headed south. The landscape around La Oliva is spectacular.691 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.690 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.690 views
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People slide down the dunes or even make cartwheels.690 views
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From above it's easy to see how arid Lanzarote is.689 views
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A road divides the sea and the dunes.689 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.689 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.689 views
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Belts of sand formed by the tide.689 views
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In the plane.689 views
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Every hotel has a swimming pool! ;)688 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.688 views
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Climbing the dune.688 views
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A white road and a red road.688 views
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The bay.687 views
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My footsteps.687 views
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A port town close to Oran, Algeria.686 views
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A small green forest. I mean really small.685 views
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Into the sun.685 views
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Our car down below.685 views
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There's obviously enough moisture for some plants to grow.685 views
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Salt evaporation ponds with a footbridge.683 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.683 views
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Dark and rainy here, but far in the distance the sun was setting.683 views
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The area around the village of La Oliva is spectacular in its reddish colors.682 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.682 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.682 views
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A volcanic cone.682 views
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The bay.682 views
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My little waterproof Olympus came in handy.682 views
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Corralejo and its desert.682 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.681 views
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I just stood in the water, letting the waves lap at me and taking photos.681 views
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The light was slowly becoming stronger as the sun rose.680 views
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Play of light and shadow.680 views
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We parked the car and walked to the beach. Beach chairs and umbreally can be rented.679 views
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Los Molinos is a small villages of maybe ten houses set on a beach and surrounded by magnificent cliffs.678 views
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The village of Tindaya.678 views
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The island is supposed to be famous for goats, but we only saw a handful the whole week.677 views
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Only rare plants grow in the desert.676 views
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Climbing the dune.676 views
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Just outside La Oliva after sunset.676 views
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There was a lookout point ...675 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.675 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.675 views
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A windmill.675 views
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Puffy clouds above Northern Africa.674 views
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Remember these hills?674 views
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One.673 views
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The mists of the horizon prevented the sunrise from being spectacular. The light was weak and pretty colorless.673 views
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On the dune.673 views
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Some waves spray over ten meters high when they crash into the rocks.672 views
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Colorful hills.672 views
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Green patches of Lanzarote.672 views
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It reminded me of some Greek islands.671 views
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O hai! :)670 views
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Coast close to Oran, Algeria.669 views
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Patterns in the sand were amazing.669 views
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Small village Majanicho in the north. Again, no people anywhere.669 views
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Typical architecture.669 views
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Only sporadic sun rays illuminated the landscape, or in this case, the village of Tindaya.669 views
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From the hill the views were breathtaking.669 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.668 views
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The coastal road.668 views
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The Betancuria pass was cloudy and dreary.668 views
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A lookout on the cliff.668 views
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Our lunch, a sea food platter. It was delicious.668 views
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A sand dune extending from the hill to the beach.668 views
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At the Betancuria pass again. The clouds had descended almost all the way down to the road.668 views
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In the car along the desert road.668 views
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Strange-looking flowers.667 views
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We found this littly cactus with long thorns.666 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.666 views
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The rocky beach at Los Molinos.666 views
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The air traffic is quite busy.666 views
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The beach is ideal for long walks.665 views
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The city beach.665 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.665 views
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Arid slopes.665 views
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The dune.665 views
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From the road along the peninsula.664 views
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Road.664 views
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Back at the village after the dark clouds had disappeared.664 views
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Number 6.663 views
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Yep, the water is cold.662 views
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Puertito de los Molinos.661 views
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At the end of the trail there are a couple of caves that are accessible to public.661 views
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On the way back the weather didn't cease to show its dramatic side.661 views
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Green waves.660 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.660 views
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Interesting wisps of clouds.660 views
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Puerto del Rosario from above.660 views
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Would you like to live there?659 views
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The beach.659 views
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Deserted sandy beach.658 views
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The thunder of crashing waves is deafening.658 views
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I noticed an unusual structure at the side of the church.658 views
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A rock in the sand.658 views
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A scrawny little bush in the sand.658 views
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A river snaking its way through the desert.657 views
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Our next stop was the village of Las Playitas.657 views
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