 Most viewed - May 2009
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... perfect for long walks ...2138 views
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A long stretch of sand.1747 views
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I liked the peak in the distance - what a shape. ;)1734 views
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The (only) loval restaurant was closed, but I loved its back entrance.1620 views
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We had a high-jump competition of sorts - did I jump high enough? :)1243 views
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Down the cliff the rocks were overgrown with green algae.1209 views
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It was scorching hot and the promenade was deserted.1166 views
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Swimming in the pools is not allowed after 7 p.m. Can you believe it?1055 views
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Road.1047 views
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Of course I managed to prick my finger on it. :(965 views
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We then drove on a dirt road along the coast. Peter was happy. :)912 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.909 views
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Lanzarote landscape.889 views
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Looooong beach ...885 views
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Colored hills.864 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.860 views
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The beach was deserted.825 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.819 views
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Isla de los Lobos is just a short boat ride away.789 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.788 views
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Did I say I was through with patterns? ;)785 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.765 views
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Back at the dunes I still found new things to photograph.765 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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From the pass we descended down to the main road.761 views
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Waves.756 views
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Low tide.756 views
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Lanzarote landscape.755 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.754 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.749 views
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More white sandy beaches.749 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.744 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.742 views
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A black rock.742 views
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Take-off on Lanzarote.741 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. ;)740 views
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At the end of the valley there is a fantastic lookout point from a pass towards the west.740 views
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One part of the beach is sandy.740 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)739 views
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A Cofete house.739 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.737 views
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Patterns of the ground.736 views
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A roundabout.735 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.734 views
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The pretty white church of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria with a black bell tower in La Oliva.733 views
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I wanted to see Los Molinos again to shoot it in a more favorable light.733 views
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The sun behind the clouds shone on the sea.733 views
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An inland lake in Morocco.732 views
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A house with a view.732 views
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Spinach ravioli - very good! :)731 views
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A red valley.729 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.726 views
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The dune.726 views
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One sun beam illuminated a narrow strip of land.725 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. ;)721 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.721 views
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The outskirts of La Oliva.721 views
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Yellow dunes.720 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.720 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.720 views
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Our Opel Corsa.719 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.718 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)715 views
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One of the many beaches along the coast.714 views
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The town of El Cotillo has a steep, almost inaccessible shore.714 views
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Again, the place is ideal to sit down and listen to the sea.713 views
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No dogs. Ironically, we saw three dogs - and no humans. :)712 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.711 views
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Moonscape with the sea in the background.711 views
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We were already in the clouds.711 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. :)709 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.708 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.706 views
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The food was surprisingly good! Way to go, Niki Air!704 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.703 views
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On the way to Los Molinos.703 views
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A very imaginative letter box.701 views
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Peter had fun photographing the water fountain.701 views
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The valley of Vallebrón is full of terraces.701 views
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And they are really scenic.700 views
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Ominous clouds approached from the inland to cover the picturesque village.700 views
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Enjoying the wind.699 views
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A cat sat underneath our table the whole time we ate. This love-struck look was intended for Peter. :)699 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.698 views
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Seagulls.698 views
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The terraces appeared to have been deserted.698 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.697 views
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A dune and a photographer.697 views
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Sand.697 views
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A Moroccan town.696 views
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Last view of Lanzarote.696 views
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Kiddie pool.695 views
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Los Molinos in the late afternoon light.695 views
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It was warm enough so we decided to go for a swim.695 views
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More Algerian landscapes.694 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.694 views
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When we had had enough of the sand, we headed south. The landscape around La Oliva is spectacular.694 views
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... and towards the north.693 views
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A windsurfer.693 views
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From above it's easy to see how arid Lanzarote is.692 views
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A road divides the sea and the dunes.692 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?692 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.692 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.692 views
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People slide down the dunes or even make cartwheels.692 views
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Belts of sand formed by the tide.692 views
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In the plane.692 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.691 views
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Climbing the dune.691 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.691 views
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Every hotel has a swimming pool! ;)690 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.690 views
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A white road and a red road.690 views
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My footsteps.690 views
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The bay.689 views
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A port town close to Oran, Algeria.688 views
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A small green forest. I mean really small.688 views
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Into the sun.687 views
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Our car down below.687 views
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There's obviously enough moisture for some plants to grow.687 views
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Dark and rainy here, but far in the distance the sun was setting.686 views
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The bay.685 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.685 views
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My little waterproof Olympus came in handy.685 views
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Salt evaporation ponds with a footbridge.684 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.684 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.684 views
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The area around the village of La Oliva is spectacular in its reddish colors.683 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.683 views
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A volcanic cone.683 views
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I just stood in the water, letting the waves lap at me and taking photos.683 views
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Corralejo and its desert.683 views
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Play of light and shadow.682 views
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The light was slowly becoming stronger as the sun rose.681 views
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We parked the car and walked to the beach. Beach chairs and umbreally can be rented.681 views
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The village of Tindaya.680 views
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Los Molinos is a small villages of maybe ten houses set on a beach and surrounded by magnificent cliffs.679 views
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The island is supposed to be famous for goats, but we only saw a handful the whole week.679 views
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There was a lookout point ...678 views
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Just outside La Oliva after sunset.678 views
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Only rare plants grow in the desert.677 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.677 views
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Climbing the dune.677 views
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Remember these hills?677 views
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Puffy clouds above Northern Africa.676 views
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The mists of the horizon prevented the sunrise from being spectacular. The light was weak and pretty colorless.676 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.676 views
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A windmill.676 views
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Some waves spray over ten meters high when they crash into the rocks.676 views
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Green patches of Lanzarote.676 views
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One.675 views
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On the dune.674 views
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It reminded me of some Greek islands.673 views
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O hai! :)673 views
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Colorful hills.673 views
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Patterns in the sand were amazing.672 views
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Only sporadic sun rays illuminated the landscape, or in this case, the village of Tindaya.672 views
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The Betancuria pass was cloudy and dreary.672 views
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From the hill the views were breathtaking.672 views
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Coast close to Oran, Algeria.671 views
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The coastal road.671 views
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Small village Majanicho in the north. Again, no people anywhere.671 views
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At the Betancuria pass again. The clouds had descended almost all the way down to the road.671 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.670 views
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Typical architecture.670 views
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In the car along the desert road.670 views
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A lookout on the cliff.669 views
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We found this littly cactus with long thorns.668 views
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The city beach.668 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.668 views
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Our lunch, a sea food platter. It was delicious.668 views
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Arid slopes.668 views
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A sand dune extending from the hill to the beach.668 views
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The dune.668 views
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Strange-looking flowers.668 views
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The beach is ideal for long walks.667 views
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From the road along the peninsula.667 views
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The rocky beach at Los Molinos.667 views
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Road.667 views
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The air traffic is quite busy.667 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.666 views
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Back at the village after the dark clouds had disappeared.666 views
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Number 6.666 views
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Yep, the water is cold.664 views
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At the end of the trail there are a couple of caves that are accessible to public.664 views
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On the way back the weather didn't cease to show its dramatic side.664 views
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Green waves.663 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.663 views
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Interesting wisps of clouds.663 views
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Puerto del Rosario from above.663 views
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Would you like to live there?662 views
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Puertito de los Molinos.662 views
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A rock in the sand.661 views
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The beach.661 views
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Deserted sandy beach.660 views
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The thunder of crashing waves is deafening.660 views
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I noticed an unusual structure at the side of the church.660 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.660 views
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Colorful hills.660 views
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A river snaking its way through the desert.659 views
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