 Most viewed - May 2009
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... perfect for long walks ...2000 views
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I liked the peak in the distance - what a shape. ;)1613 views
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A long stretch of sand.1586 views
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The (only) loval restaurant was closed, but I loved its back entrance.1458 views
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We had a high-jump competition of sorts - did I jump high enough? :)1097 views
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Down the cliff the rocks were overgrown with green algae.1075 views
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It was scorching hot and the promenade was deserted.1047 views
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Road.933 views
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Swimming in the pools is not allowed after 7 p.m. Can you believe it?915 views
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Of course I managed to prick my finger on it. :(827 views
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We then drove on a dirt road along the coast. Peter was happy. :)765 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.759 views
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Looooong beach ...743 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.713 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.706 views
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Lanzarote landscape.706 views
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Colored hills.694 views
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The beach was deserted.661 views
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A typical bus stop along the road. Main roads are, btw, very good - paved and in a good shape.641 views
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Did I say I was through with patterns? ;)628 views
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Isla de los Lobos is just a short boat ride away.618 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)614 views
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From the pass we descended down to the main road.614 views
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Back at the dunes I still found new things to photograph.613 views
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A Cofete house.610 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.609 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.608 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.608 views
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More white sandy beaches.608 views
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A black rock.605 views
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The pretty white church of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria with a black bell tower in La Oliva.602 views
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Waves.600 views
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Lanzarote landscape.598 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.596 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. ;)593 views
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The sun behind the clouds shone on the sea.593 views
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Spinach ravioli - very good! :)593 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.592 views
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At the end of the valley there is a fantastic lookout point from a pass towards the west.592 views
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Our Opel Corsa.591 views
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One part of the beach is sandy.591 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.591 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.590 views
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A house with a view.590 views
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One sun beam illuminated a narrow strip of land.590 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. ;)589 views
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I wanted to see Los Molinos again to shoot it in a more favorable light.587 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.586 views
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Low tide.585 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.584 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.584 views
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People slide down the dunes or even make cartwheels.583 views
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Take-off on Lanzarote.583 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.582 views
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Kiddie pool.581 views
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The dune.580 views
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Yellow dunes.579 views
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Seagulls.577 views
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The outskirts of La Oliva.577 views
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In the plane.577 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.576 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)576 views
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Ominous clouds approached from the inland to cover the picturesque village.576 views
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A windsurfer.576 views
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Climbing the dune.575 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.574 views
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Patterns of the ground.574 views
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Again, the place is ideal to sit down and listen to the sea.574 views
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We were already in the clouds.574 views
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One of the many beaches along the coast.573 views
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A roundabout.573 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.572 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.572 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.572 views
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No dogs. Ironically, we saw three dogs - and no humans. :)572 views
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The island is supposed to be famous for goats, but we only saw a handful the whole week.572 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.571 views
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Some waves spray over ten meters high when they crash into the rocks.571 views
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There was a lookout point ...570 views
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A dune and a photographer.570 views
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Peter had fun photographing the water fountain.570 views
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Remember these hills?568 views
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More Algerian landscapes.566 views
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An inland lake in Morocco.566 views
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... and towards the north.566 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.566 views
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Last view of Lanzarote.565 views
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The food was surprisingly good! Way to go, Niki Air!564 views
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The town of El Cotillo has a steep, almost inaccessible shore.564 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.564 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.564 views
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Climbing the dune.564 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.562 views
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Enjoying the wind.562 views
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We parked the car and walked to the beach. Beach chairs and umbreally can be rented.562 views
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When we had had enough of the sand, we headed south. The landscape around La Oliva is spectacular.561 views
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On the way to Los Molinos.561 views
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A cat sat underneath our table the whole time we ate. This love-struck look was intended for Peter. :)560 views
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It was warm enough so we decided to go for a swim.560 views
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Dark and rainy here, but far in the distance the sun was setting.560 views
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And they are really scenic.559 views
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The valley of Vallebrón is full of terraces.559 views
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I just stood in the water, letting the waves lap at me and taking photos.559 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. :)558 views
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The bay.558 views
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Moonscape with the sea in the background.558 views
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Salt evaporation ponds with a footbridge.557 views
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Los Molinos is a small villages of maybe ten houses set on a beach and surrounded by magnificent cliffs.557 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.557 views
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At the end of the trail there are a couple of caves that are accessible to public.557 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.555 views
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The terraces appeared to have been deserted.555 views
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The bay.555 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.555 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.554 views
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A white road and a red road.554 views
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A road divides the sea and the dunes.553 views
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Into the sun.553 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.552 views
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Yep, the water is cold.552 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.552 views
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Los Molinos in the late afternoon light.552 views
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The Betancuria pass was cloudy and dreary.552 views
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A port town close to Oran, Algeria.551 views
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Puffy clouds above Northern Africa.551 views
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There's obviously enough moisture for some plants to grow.551 views
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My little waterproof Olympus came in handy.551 views
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A Moroccan town.550 views
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It reminded me of some Greek islands.550 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?550 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.550 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.550 views
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Coast close to Oran, Algeria.549 views
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From above it's easy to see how arid Lanzarote is.549 views
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Faro del Tostón.549 views
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One.548 views
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Every hotel has a swimming pool! ;)548 views
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Only rare plants grow in the desert.548 views
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Green patches of Lanzarote.548 views
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"Cracks" in the ground.547 views
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A lookout on the cliff.547 views
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A very imaginative letter box.546 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.546 views
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Belts of sand formed by the tide.546 views
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Waiting for the take-off at the Fuerteventura airport.546 views
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A small green forest. I mean really small.545 views
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Just outside La Oliva after sunset.545 views
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Back at the village after the dark clouds had disappeared.545 views
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Our lunch, a sea food platter. It was delicious.545 views
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A red valley.545 views
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Our car down below.545 views
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In the car along the desert road.545 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.544 views
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From the road along the peninsula.544 views
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On the dune.544 views
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Colorful hills.543 views
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Puerto del Rosario from above.543 views
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Typical architecture.541 views
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My footsteps.541 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.540 views
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I noticed an unusual structure at the side of the church.540 views
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Patterns in the sand were amazing.540 views
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A scrawny little bush in the sand.540 views
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The air traffic is quite busy.540 views
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Puertito de los Molinos.539 views
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From the hill the views were breathtaking.539 views
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Sand.539 views
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On the way back the weather didn't cease to show its dramatic side.539 views
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At the Betancuria pass again. The clouds had descended almost all the way down to the road.539 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.538 views
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The light was slowly becoming stronger as the sun rose.538 views
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We found this littly cactus with long thorns.538 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.538 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.538 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.538 views
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Lots of greenery around the resort is actually deceiving as the island itself is not nearly as green.537 views
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I don't know where all the inhabitants were, but we didn't see a soul.537 views
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The city beach.537 views
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A rock in the sand.537 views
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The village of Tindaya.537 views
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The area around the village of La Oliva is spectacular in its reddish colors.536 views
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The coastal road.536 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.536 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.536 views
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A sand dune extending from the hill to the beach.536 views
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One more look before returning.535 views
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Corralejo and its desert.535 views
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Arid slopes.534 views
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The beach.534 views
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The dune.534 views
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The clouds obscured the sun, which is not a good thing when it's windy and you're wet. ;)534 views
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Our next stop was the village of Las Playitas.533 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.533 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.533 views
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The cliffs and the waves.533 views
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Only sporadic sun rays illuminated the landscape, or in this case, the village of Tindaya.533 views
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Limestone.533 views
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Would you like to live there?532 views
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The landscape amazed me.532 views
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Waves overflowing a rocky barrier in front of the cliffs.532 views
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