 Most viewed - May 2009
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... perfect for long walks ...2287 views
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A long stretch of sand.1910 views
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I liked the peak in the distance - what a shape. ;)1899 views
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The (only) loval restaurant was closed, but I loved its back entrance.1778 views
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We had a high-jump competition of sorts - did I jump high enough? :)1362 views
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Down the cliff the rocks were overgrown with green algae.1345 views
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It was scorching hot and the promenade was deserted.1292 views
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Swimming in the pools is not allowed after 7 p.m. Can you believe it?1187 views
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Road.1169 views
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Of course I managed to prick my finger on it. :(1157 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.1117 views
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We then drove on a dirt road along the coast. Peter was happy. :)1085 views
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Looooong beach ...1077 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.1036 views
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The beach was deserted.1027 views
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Lanzarote landscape.1018 views
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Colored hills.987 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.945 views
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Isla de los Lobos is just a short boat ride away.932 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.923 views
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Low tide.923 views
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Back at the dunes I still found new things to photograph.922 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.919 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.917 views
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More white sandy beaches.905 views
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Did I say I was through with patterns? ;)903 views
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A black rock.898 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.897 views
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From the pass we descended down to the main road.897 views
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A Cofete house.895 views
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Patterns of the ground.892 views
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One part of the beach is sandy.892 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.888 views
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The dune.887 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.886 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. ;)883 views
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Spinach ravioli - very good! :)883 views
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A typical bus stop along the road. Main roads are, btw, very good - paved and in a good shape.880 views
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At the end of the valley there is a fantastic lookout point from a pass towards the west.880 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.877 views
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The pretty white church of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria with a black bell tower in La Oliva.875 views
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Waves.875 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. ;)874 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.873 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)872 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.872 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.872 views
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Lanzarote landscape.870 views
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A red valley.869 views
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The terraces appeared to have been deserted.868 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.867 views
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I wanted to see Los Molinos again to shoot it in a more favorable light.865 views
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A port town close to Oran, Algeria.864 views
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Enjoying the wind.864 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)864 views
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The outskirts of La Oliva.864 views
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An inland lake in Morocco.863 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.863 views
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A house with a view.863 views
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Belts of sand formed by the tide.862 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.860 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.860 views
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A roundabout.860 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.858 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.858 views
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A very imaginative letter box.854 views
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When we had had enough of the sand, we headed south. The landscape around La Oliva is spectacular.854 views
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The town of El Cotillo has a steep, almost inaccessible shore.853 views
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The sun behind the clouds shone on the sea.852 views
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The valley of Vallebrón is full of terraces.849 views
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One sun beam illuminated a narrow strip of land.849 views
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Take-off on Lanzarote.849 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.848 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.848 views
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No dogs. Ironically, we saw three dogs - and no humans. :)848 views
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Peter had fun photographing the water fountain.844 views
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One of the many beaches along the coast.841 views
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We parked the car and walked to the beach. Beach chairs and umbreally can be rented.841 views
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And they are really scenic.840 views
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My footsteps.839 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.838 views
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More Algerian landscapes.837 views
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Moonscape with the sea in the background.837 views
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We were already in the clouds.836 views
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In the plane.835 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.834 views
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Road.834 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.833 views
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A windsurfer.833 views
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The food was surprisingly good! Way to go, Niki Air!832 views
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One.832 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.832 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.832 views
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Just outside La Oliva after sunset.832 views
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The island is supposed to be famous for goats, but we only saw a handful the whole week.832 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?831 views
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Kiddie pool.830 views
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Salt evaporation ponds with a footbridge.830 views
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The area around the village of La Oliva is spectacular in its reddish colors.830 views
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A dune and a photographer.830 views
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Waves overflowing a rocky barrier in front of the cliffs.830 views
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There's obviously enough moisture for some plants to grow.830 views
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Sand.830 views
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... and towards the north.829 views
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Our Opel Corsa.829 views
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Yellow dunes.828 views
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Again, the place is ideal to sit down and listen to the sea.828 views
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Ominous clouds approached from the inland to cover the picturesque village.828 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.827 views
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On the way to Los Molinos.827 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.827 views
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It was warm enough so we decided to go for a swim.827 views
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Los Molinos in the late afternoon light.826 views
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A cat sat underneath our table the whole time we ate. This love-struck look was intended for Peter. :)826 views
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Last view of Lanzarote.826 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.825 views
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A scrawny little bush in the sand.825 views
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On the dune.825 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.824 views
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A sand dune extending from the hill to the beach.824 views
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A Moroccan town.823 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.823 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.823 views
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Only sporadic sun rays illuminated the landscape, or in this case, the village of Tindaya.823 views
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O hai! :)823 views
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Puerto del Rosario from above.823 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. :)822 views
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From the hill the views were breathtaking.822 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.821 views
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I just stood in the water, letting the waves lap at me and taking photos.821 views
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Every hotel has a swimming pool! ;)819 views
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The village of Tindaya.819 views
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The bay.818 views
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The beach.818 views
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Strange-looking flowers.818 views
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Puffy clouds above Northern Africa.817 views
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The mists of the horizon prevented the sunrise from being spectacular. The light was weak and pretty colorless.815 views
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Beaches of Cofete.815 views
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In the car along the desert road.815 views
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A road divides the sea and the dunes.814 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.814 views
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Climbing the dune.814 views
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Seagulls.814 views
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A windmill.814 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.813 views
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A volcanic cone.813 views
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Colorful hills.813 views
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Remember these hills?813 views
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My little waterproof Olympus came in handy.812 views
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Coast close to Oran, Algeria.811 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.811 views
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Los Molinos is a small villages of maybe ten houses set on a beach and surrounded by magnificent cliffs.811 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.811 views
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A white road and a red road.811 views
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The bay.811 views
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Dark and rainy here, but far in the distance the sun was setting.811 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.810 views
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Corralejo and its desert.810 views
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From above it's easy to see how arid Lanzarote is.809 views
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The light was slowly becoming stronger as the sun rose.809 views
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People slide down the dunes or even make cartwheels.808 views
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Our car down below.808 views
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Waiting for the take-off at the Fuerteventura airport.808 views
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Play of light and shadow.807 views
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Our lunch, a sea food platter. It was delicious.807 views
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The coast through the dirty window. :(807 views
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Typical architecture.806 views
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Limestone.806 views
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Some waves spray over ten meters high when they crash into the rocks.805 views
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Into the sun.805 views
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Interesting wisps of clouds.805 views
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Faro del Tostón.804 views
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To the south there is a series of sandy beaches and more cliffs in the distance.804 views
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The beach is ideal for long walks.804 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.804 views
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Green window.803 views
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It reminded me of some Greek islands.802 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.802 views
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From the road along the peninsula.802 views
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The air traffic is quite busy.802 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.800 views
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The Betancuria pass was cloudy and dreary.800 views
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Green patches of Lanzarote.800 views
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Yep, the water is cold.799 views
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Puertito de los Molinos.799 views
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Our next stop was the village of Las Playitas.797 views
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Only rare plants grow in the desert.797 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.797 views
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A rock in the sand.797 views
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The rocky beach at Los Molinos.797 views
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... and saw an imposing structure on top of a hill. "What the hell is this?" we thought.795 views
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A small green forest. I mean really small.795 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.795 views
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Climbing the dune.795 views
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Number 6.795 views
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The beach.795 views
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There was a lookout point ...794 views
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After scouting this lookout the previous day, we returned the following morning, but the weather didn't cooperate much.793 views
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Terraces.792 views
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Arid slopes.792 views
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