 Most viewed - May 2009
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... perfect for long walks ...2061 views
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A long stretch of sand.1664 views
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I liked the peak in the distance - what a shape. ;)1652 views
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The (only) loval restaurant was closed, but I loved its back entrance.1511 views
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We had a high-jump competition of sorts - did I jump high enough? :)1164 views
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Down the cliff the rocks were overgrown with green algae.1130 views
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It was scorching hot and the promenade was deserted.1093 views
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Swimming in the pools is not allowed after 7 p.m. Can you believe it?978 views
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Road.973 views
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Of course I managed to prick my finger on it. :(876 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.828 views
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We then drove on a dirt road along the coast. Peter was happy. :)819 views
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Looooong beach ...809 views
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Lanzarote landscape.780 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.777 views
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Colored hills.746 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.743 views
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The beach was deserted.725 views
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A typical bus stop along the road. Main roads are, btw, very good - paved and in a good shape.714 views
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Did I say I was through with patterns? ;)701 views
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Isla de los Lobos is just a short boat ride away.701 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.688 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.687 views
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A Cofete house.677 views
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Back at the dunes I still found new things to photograph.677 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.670 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)665 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.664 views
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From the pass we descended down to the main road.664 views
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Waves.664 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.663 views
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More white sandy beaches.662 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. ;)661 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.659 views
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A black rock.659 views
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Lanzarote landscape.659 views
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The pretty white church of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria with a black bell tower in La Oliva.655 views
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... and towards the north.652 views
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At the end of the valley there is a fantastic lookout point from a pass towards the west.652 views
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One sun beam illuminated a narrow strip of land.652 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.650 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.650 views
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Take-off on Lanzarote.650 views
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Spinach ravioli - very good! :)647 views
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The dune.644 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.643 views
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Our Opel Corsa.643 views
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Low tide.643 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)642 views
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The sun behind the clouds shone on the sea.642 views
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A roundabout.641 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.640 views
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An inland lake in Morocco.639 views
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Patterns of the ground.639 views
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One part of the beach is sandy.639 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. ;)638 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.638 views
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A windsurfer.637 views
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Yellow dunes.636 views
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Seagulls.636 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.635 views
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The bay.634 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.633 views
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Kiddie pool.633 views
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A house with a view.633 views
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A cat sat underneath our table the whole time we ate. This love-struck look was intended for Peter. :)633 views
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We were already in the clouds.630 views
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There was a lookout point ...629 views
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The town of El Cotillo has a steep, almost inaccessible shore.629 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.629 views
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I wanted to see Los Molinos again to shoot it in a more favorable light.629 views
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Colorful hills.629 views
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One of the many beaches along the coast.628 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.628 views
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People slide down the dunes or even make cartwheels.628 views
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Some waves spray over ten meters high when they crash into the rocks.628 views
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The outskirts of La Oliva.627 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.626 views
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Again, the place is ideal to sit down and listen to the sea.626 views
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A red valley.626 views
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Dark and rainy here, but far in the distance the sun was setting.626 views
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In the plane.624 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.623 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.622 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.622 views
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Back at the village after the dark clouds had disappeared.622 views
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Our car down below.622 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.621 views
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A dune and a photographer.621 views
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Ominous clouds approached from the inland to cover the picturesque village.621 views
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The island is supposed to be famous for goats, but we only saw a handful the whole week.621 views
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The food was surprisingly good! Way to go, Niki Air!620 views
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Enjoying the wind.620 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.619 views
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More Algerian landscapes.619 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.619 views
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Salt evaporation ponds with a footbridge.618 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. :)618 views
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No dogs. Ironically, we saw three dogs - and no humans. :)618 views
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On the way to Los Molinos.617 views
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My little waterproof Olympus came in handy.617 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.616 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.616 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.616 views
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I just stood in the water, letting the waves lap at me and taking photos.616 views
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Last view of Lanzarote.616 views
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Peter had fun photographing the water fountain.615 views
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Into the sun.615 views
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Sand.615 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?614 views
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A Moroccan town.613 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.613 views
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It was warm enough so we decided to go for a swim.613 views
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A road divides the sea and the dunes.612 views
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Los Molinos is a small villages of maybe ten houses set on a beach and surrounded by magnificent cliffs.612 views
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And they are really scenic.612 views
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Climbing the dune.612 views
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When we had had enough of the sand, we headed south. The landscape around La Oliva is spectacular.612 views
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Moonscape with the sea in the background.611 views
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A port town close to Oran, Algeria.610 views
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Climbing the dune.609 views
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My footsteps.607 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.606 views
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The terraces appeared to have been deserted.606 views
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From above it's easy to see how arid Lanzarote is.605 views
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There's obviously enough moisture for some plants to grow.605 views
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We parked the car and walked to the beach. Beach chairs and umbreally can be rented.605 views
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Limestone.604 views
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On the dune.604 views
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A very imaginative letter box.603 views
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A small green forest. I mean really small.603 views
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A white road and a red road.603 views
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The valley of Vallebrón is full of terraces.603 views
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Los Molinos in the late afternoon light.603 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.603 views
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Deserted sandy beach.602 views
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Faro del Tostón.602 views
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A lookout on the cliff.602 views
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Remember these hills?602 views
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Belts of sand formed by the tide.602 views
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Yep, the water is cold.601 views
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The Betancuria pass was cloudy and dreary.601 views
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Our lunch, a sea food platter. It was delicious.601 views
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Puffy clouds above Northern Africa.600 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.600 views
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The bay.600 views
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It reminded me of some Greek islands.599 views
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"Cracks" in the ground.599 views
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At the Betancuria pass again. The clouds had descended almost all the way down to the road.599 views
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One.598 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.598 views
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Green patches of Lanzarote.598 views
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Every hotel has a swimming pool! ;)597 views
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Patterns in the sand were amazing.597 views
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The light was slowly becoming stronger as the sun rose.597 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.597 views
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At the end of the trail there are a couple of caves that are accessible to public.597 views
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In the car along the desert road.597 views
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The area around the village of La Oliva is spectacular in its reddish colors.596 views
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Coast close to Oran, Algeria.595 views
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Would you like to live there?595 views
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I noticed an unusual structure at the side of the church.595 views
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Play of light and shadow.595 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.595 views
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Only rare plants grow in the desert.594 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.594 views
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Green window.594 views
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Lots of greenery around the resort is actually deceiving as the island itself is not nearly as green.593 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.593 views
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A rock in the sand.593 views
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A red mountain.593 views
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On the way back the weather didn't cease to show its dramatic side.593 views
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Waiting for the take-off at the Fuerteventura airport.593 views
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We found this littly cactus with long thorns.592 views
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From the road along the peninsula.592 views
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Number 6.590 views
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The air traffic is quite busy.590 views
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Puerto del Rosario from above.590 views
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We sped back under dark clouds and past some red mountains.589 views
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Waves overflowing a rocky barrier in front of the cliffs.589 views
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A sand dune extending from the hill to the beach.589 views
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The dune.589 views
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Corralejo and its desert.589 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.588 views
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The coastal road.588 views
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From the hill the views were breathtaking.588 views
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A scrawny little bush in the sand.587 views
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Colorful houses.587 views
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The coast through the dirty window. :(587 views
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A volcanic cone.586 views
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Our next stop was the village of Las Playitas.585 views
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Hard terrain mixed with the soft dunes.585 views
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Is that a snake trail?585 views
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The beach is ideal for long walks.585 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.585 views
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The village of Tindaya.585 views
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Arid slopes.585 views
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The beach.585 views
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Just before landing on Lanzarote.585 views
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A windmill.584 views
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