 Most viewed - May 2009
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... perfect for long walks ...2199 views
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I liked the peak in the distance - what a shape. ;)1812 views
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A long stretch of sand.1803 views
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The (only) loval restaurant was closed, but I loved its back entrance.1676 views
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We had a high-jump competition of sorts - did I jump high enough? :)1299 views
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Down the cliff the rocks were overgrown with green algae.1267 views
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It was scorching hot and the promenade was deserted.1228 views
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Swimming in the pools is not allowed after 7 p.m. Can you believe it?1128 views
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Road.1092 views
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Of course I managed to prick my finger on it. :(1039 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.994 views
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We then drove on a dirt road along the coast. Peter was happy. :)987 views
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Looooong beach ...949 views
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Lanzarote landscape.946 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.925 views
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Colored hills.914 views
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The beach was deserted.909 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.879 views
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Isla de los Lobos is just a short boat ride away.854 views
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Did I say I was through with patterns? ;)843 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.841 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.838 views
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Low tide.835 views
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Back at the dunes I still found new things to photograph.831 views
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More white sandy beaches.825 views
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From the pass we descended down to the main road.821 views
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One part of the beach is sandy.820 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.818 views
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A black rock.817 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.816 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.815 views
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Waves.813 views
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A typical bus stop along the road. Main roads are, btw, very good - paved and in a good shape.811 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. ;)810 views
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At the end of the valley there is a fantastic lookout point from a pass towards the west.808 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.806 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.803 views
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The dune.802 views
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A Cofete house.799 views
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Lanzarote landscape.799 views
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Spinach ravioli - very good! :)799 views
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Patterns of the ground.798 views
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The pretty white church of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria with a black bell tower in La Oliva.796 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. ;)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.794 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.793 views
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A roundabout.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.790 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.788 views
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I wanted to see Los Molinos again to shoot it in a more favorable light.787 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.786 views
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An inland lake in Morocco.785 views
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The terraces appeared to have been deserted.785 views
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A house with a view.785 views
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A red valley.785 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.781 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.780 views
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The outskirts of La Oliva.780 views
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Take-off on Lanzarote.780 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.779 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)778 views
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A very imaginative letter box.777 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)777 views
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No dogs. Ironically, we saw three dogs - and no humans. :)777 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.776 views
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Enjoying the wind.776 views
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One sun beam illuminated a narrow strip of land.776 views
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The sun behind the clouds shone on the sea.776 views
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Peter had fun photographing the water fountain.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.773 views
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The town of El Cotillo has a steep, almost inaccessible shore.773 views
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One of the many beaches along the coast.769 views
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Yellow dunes.769 views
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We were already in the clouds.768 views
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And they are really scenic.766 views
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A port town close to Oran, Algeria.765 views
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Our Opel Corsa.765 views
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Moonscape with the sea in the background.764 views
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More Algerian landscapes.763 views
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Belts of sand formed by the tide.763 views
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Just outside La Oliva after sunset.762 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.761 views
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Sand.761 views
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Kiddie pool.760 views
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Los Molinos in the late afternoon light.760 views
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The food was surprisingly good! Way to go, Niki Air!759 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.759 views
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Again, the place is ideal to sit down and listen to the sea.759 views
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A dune and a photographer.757 views
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The valley of Vallebrón is full of terraces.757 views
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In the plane.757 views
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We parked the car and walked to the beach. Beach chairs and umbreally can be rented.756 views
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The area around the village of La Oliva is spectacular in its reddish colors.755 views
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On the way to Los Molinos.755 views
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Ominous clouds approached from the inland to cover the picturesque village.755 views
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Salt evaporation ponds with a footbridge.754 views
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... and towards the north.754 views
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When we had had enough of the sand, we headed south. The landscape around La Oliva is spectacular.754 views
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One.753 views
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A windsurfer.753 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?752 views
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A road divides the sea and the dunes.751 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.750 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.750 views
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It was warm enough so we decided to go for a swim.749 views
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I just stood in the water, letting the waves lap at me and taking photos.748 views
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Puerto del Rosario from above.748 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.747 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. :)746 views
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Last view of Lanzarote.746 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.745 views
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The bay.745 views
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The island is supposed to be famous for goats, but we only saw a handful the whole week.745 views
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Every hotel has a swimming pool! ;)744 views
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Only rare plants grow in the desert.744 views
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A Moroccan town.743 views
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The mists of the horizon prevented the sunrise from being spectacular. The light was weak and pretty colorless.743 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.743 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.743 views
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From the hill the views were breathtaking.743 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.742 views
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Coast close to Oran, Algeria.741 views
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A small green forest. I mean really small.741 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.741 views
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Into the sun.741 views
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A cat sat underneath our table the whole time we ate. This love-struck look was intended for Peter. :)741 views
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Los Molinos is a small villages of maybe ten houses set on a beach and surrounded by magnificent cliffs.740 views
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Seagulls.740 views
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People slide down the dunes or even make cartwheels.740 views
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A white road and a red road.740 views
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The village of Tindaya.740 views
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On the dune.740 views
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There's obviously enough moisture for some plants to grow.740 views
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In the car along the desert road.740 views
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Puffy clouds above Northern Africa.739 views
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My little waterproof Olympus came in handy.739 views
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From above it's easy to see how arid Lanzarote is.738 views
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The light was slowly becoming stronger as the sun rose.738 views
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A scrawny little bush in the sand.738 views
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Typical architecture.738 views
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Climbing the dune.737 views
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A volcanic cone.737 views
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My footsteps.737 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.736 views
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Some waves spray over ten meters high when they crash into the rocks.736 views
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Waves overflowing a rocky barrier in front of the cliffs.736 views
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Remember these hills?736 views
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A sand dune extending from the hill to the beach.735 views
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Strange-looking flowers.735 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.734 views
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A windmill.734 views
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Puertito de los Molinos.734 views
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Corralejo and its desert.734 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.733 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.733 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.733 views
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Only sporadic sun rays illuminated the landscape, or in this case, the village of Tindaya.733 views
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O hai! :)733 views
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Our car down below.733 views
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Dark and rainy here, but far in the distance the sun was setting.733 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.732 views
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The rocky beach at Los Molinos.732 views
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The bay.732 views
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Green patches of Lanzarote.732 views
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Yep, the water is cold.731 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.731 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.731 views
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Waiting for the take-off at the Fuerteventura airport.731 views
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Green window.730 views
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Colorful hills.730 views
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Play of light and shadow.729 views
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Interesting wisps of clouds.729 views
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It reminded me of some Greek islands.728 views
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The city beach.728 views
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The Betancuria pass was cloudy and dreary.728 views
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The coastal road.727 views
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From the road along the peninsula.727 views
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Lots of greenery around the resort is actually deceiving as the island itself is not nearly as green.726 views
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Green waves.726 views
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There was a lookout point ...725 views
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Climbing the dune.725 views
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Road.725 views
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The landscape amazed me.724 views
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Beaches of Cofete.724 views
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I noticed an unusual structure at the side of the church.723 views
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Patterns in the sand were amazing.723 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.723 views
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Our lunch, a sea food platter. It was delicious.723 views
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Faro del Tostón.722 views
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A rock in the sand.722 views
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Deserted sandy beach.721 views
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The beach is ideal for long walks.721 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.721 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.720 views
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A river snaking its way through the desert.719 views
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The landscape is barren and almost devoid of settlements, just a house here and there.719 views
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Our next stop was the village of Las Playitas.719 views
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The beach.719 views
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The air traffic is quite busy.719 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.718 views
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