 Most viewed - May 2009
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... perfect for long walks ...2197 views
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I liked the peak in the distance - what a shape. ;)1810 views
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A long stretch of sand.1801 views
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The (only) loval restaurant was closed, but I loved its back entrance.1674 views
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We had a high-jump competition of sorts - did I jump high enough? :)1297 views
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Down the cliff the rocks were overgrown with green algae.1265 views
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It was scorching hot and the promenade was deserted.1226 views
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Swimming in the pools is not allowed after 7 p.m. Can you believe it?1126 views
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Road.1090 views
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Of course I managed to prick my finger on it. :(1037 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.991 views
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We then drove on a dirt road along the coast. Peter was happy. :)984 views
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Looooong beach ...946 views
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Lanzarote landscape.944 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.922 views
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Colored hills.912 views
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The beach was deserted.907 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.877 views
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Isla de los Lobos is just a short boat ride away.852 views
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Did I say I was through with patterns? ;)840 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.839 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.836 views
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Low tide.833 views
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Back at the dunes I still found new things to photograph.829 views
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More white sandy beaches.823 views
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From the pass we descended down to the main road.819 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.818 views
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One part of the beach is sandy.818 views
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A black rock.815 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.814 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.813 views
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Waves.812 views
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A typical bus stop along the road. Main roads are, btw, very good - paved and in a good shape.810 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. ;)808 views
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At the end of the valley there is a fantastic lookout point from a pass towards the west.806 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.804 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.801 views
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The dune.800 views
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A Cofete house.798 views
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Patterns of the ground.797 views
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Lanzarote landscape.797 views
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Spinach ravioli - very good! :)797 views
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The pretty white church of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria with a black bell tower in La Oliva.794 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.793 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. ;)792 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.791 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.788 views
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A roundabout.788 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.786 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.785 views
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I wanted to see Los Molinos again to shoot it in a more favorable light.785 views
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The terraces appeared to have been deserted.784 views
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A house with a view.784 views
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A red valley.784 views
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An inland lake in Morocco.783 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.779 views
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The outskirts of La Oliva.779 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.778 views
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Take-off on Lanzarote.778 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.777 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)776 views
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No dogs. Ironically, we saw three dogs - and no humans. :)776 views
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The sun behind the clouds shone on the sea.776 views
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A very imaginative letter box.775 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)775 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.774 views
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Enjoying the wind.774 views
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One sun beam illuminated a narrow strip of land.774 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.772 views
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Peter had fun photographing the water fountain.772 views
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The town of El Cotillo has a steep, almost inaccessible shore.771 views
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One of the many beaches along the coast.767 views
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Yellow dunes.767 views
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We were already in the clouds.766 views
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And they are really scenic.764 views
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A port town close to Oran, Algeria.763 views
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Our Opel Corsa.763 views
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More Algerian landscapes.762 views
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Moonscape with the sea in the background.762 views
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Belts of sand formed by the tide.761 views
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Just outside La Oliva after sunset.760 views
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Sand.760 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.759 views
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Kiddie pool.758 views
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Los Molinos in the late afternoon light.758 views
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The food was surprisingly good! Way to go, Niki Air!757 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.757 views
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Again, the place is ideal to sit down and listen to the sea.757 views
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A dune and a photographer.755 views
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The valley of Vallebrón is full of terraces.755 views
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In the plane.755 views
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We parked the car and walked to the beach. Beach chairs and umbreally can be rented.754 views
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The area around the village of La Oliva is spectacular in its reddish colors.753 views
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On the way to Los Molinos.753 views
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Ominous clouds approached from the inland to cover the picturesque village.753 views
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Salt evaporation ponds with a footbridge.752 views
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... and towards the north.752 views
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When we had had enough of the sand, we headed south. The landscape around La Oliva is spectacular.752 views
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A windsurfer.752 views
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One.751 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?750 views
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A road divides the sea and the dunes.749 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.749 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.748 views
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It was warm enough so we decided to go for a swim.747 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.746 views
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I just stood in the water, letting the waves lap at me and taking photos.746 views
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Puerto del Rosario from above.746 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. :)744 views
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Last view of Lanzarote.744 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.743 views
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The bay.743 views
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The island is supposed to be famous for goats, but we only saw a handful the whole week.743 views
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Every hotel has a swimming pool! ;)742 views
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Only rare plants grow in the desert.742 views
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A Moroccan town.741 views
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The mists of the horizon prevented the sunrise from being spectacular. The light was weak and pretty colorless.741 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.741 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.741 views
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From the hill the views were breathtaking.741 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.740 views
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Into the sun.740 views
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Coast close to Oran, Algeria.739 views
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A small green forest. I mean really small.739 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.739 views
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Seagulls.739 views
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A cat sat underneath our table the whole time we ate. This love-struck look was intended for Peter. :)739 views
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Los Molinos is a small villages of maybe ten houses set on a beach and surrounded by magnificent cliffs.738 views
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People slide down the dunes or even make cartwheels.738 views
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A white road and a red road.738 views
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The village of Tindaya.738 views
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On the dune.738 views
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There's obviously enough moisture for some plants to grow.738 views
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In the car along the desert road.738 views
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Puffy clouds above Northern Africa.737 views
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From above it's easy to see how arid Lanzarote is.737 views
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My little waterproof Olympus came in handy.737 views
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The light was slowly becoming stronger as the sun rose.736 views
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A scrawny little bush in the sand.736 views
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Typical architecture.736 views
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Climbing the dune.735 views
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A volcanic cone.735 views
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Remember these hills?735 views
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My footsteps.735 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.734 views
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Some waves spray over ten meters high when they crash into the rocks.734 views
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Waves overflowing a rocky barrier in front of the cliffs.734 views
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A sand dune extending from the hill to the beach.733 views
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Strange-looking flowers.733 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.732 views
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A windmill.732 views
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Puertito de los Molinos.732 views
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Corralejo and its desert.732 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.731 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.731 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.731 views
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Only sporadic sun rays illuminated the landscape, or in this case, the village of Tindaya.731 views
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O hai! :)731 views
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Our car down below.731 views
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Dark and rainy here, but far in the distance the sun was setting.731 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.730 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.730 views
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The bay.730 views
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Green patches of Lanzarote.730 views
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Yep, the water is cold.729 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.729 views
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The rocky beach at Los Molinos.729 views
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Green window.729 views
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Waiting for the take-off at the Fuerteventura airport.729 views
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Colorful hills.728 views
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Play of light and shadow.727 views
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It reminded me of some Greek islands.726 views
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The city beach.726 views
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The Betancuria pass was cloudy and dreary.726 views
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Interesting wisps of clouds.726 views
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Lots of greenery around the resort is actually deceiving as the island itself is not nearly as green.725 views
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The coastal road.725 views
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From the road along the peninsula.725 views
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Green waves.724 views
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Climbing the dune.724 views
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There was a lookout point ...723 views
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The landscape amazed me.722 views
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Road.722 views
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I noticed an unusual structure at the side of the church.721 views
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Patterns in the sand were amazing.721 views
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Faro del Tostón.721 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.721 views
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Beaches of Cofete.721 views
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Our lunch, a sea food platter. It was delicious.721 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.720 views
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A rock in the sand.720 views
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Deserted sandy beach.719 views
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The beach is ideal for long walks.719 views
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A river snaking its way through the desert.718 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.718 views
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The beach.718 views
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The landscape is barren and almost devoid of settlements, just a house here and there.717 views
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Our next stop was the village of Las Playitas.717 views
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The air traffic is quite busy.717 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.716 views
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