 Most viewed - May 2009
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... perfect for long walks ...2072 views
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A long stretch of sand.1666 views
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I liked the peak in the distance - what a shape. ;)1661 views
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The (only) loval restaurant was closed, but I loved its back entrance.1524 views
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We had a high-jump competition of sorts - did I jump high enough? :)1172 views
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Down the cliff the rocks were overgrown with green algae.1144 views
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It was scorching hot and the promenade was deserted.1104 views
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Swimming in the pools is not allowed after 7 p.m. Can you believe it?990 views
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Road.983 views
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Of course I managed to prick my finger on it. :(889 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.835 views
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We then drove on a dirt road along the coast. Peter was happy. :)827 views
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Looooong beach ...811 views
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Lanzarote landscape.793 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.782 views
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Colored hills.769 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.752 views
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The beach was deserted.731 views
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A typical bus stop along the road. Main roads are, btw, very good - paved and in a good shape.725 views
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Did I say I was through with patterns? ;)720 views
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Isla de los Lobos is just a short boat ride away.711 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.697 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.690 views
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Back at the dunes I still found new things to photograph.686 views
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A Cofete house.680 views
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From the pass we descended down to the main road.675 views
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Waves.675 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.674 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. ;)673 views
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The pretty white church of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria with a black bell tower in La Oliva.670 views
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A black rock.670 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.669 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)667 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.666 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.665 views
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More white sandy beaches.665 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.663 views
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Lanzarote landscape.663 views
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At the end of the valley there is a fantastic lookout point from a pass towards the west.661 views
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Low tide.659 views
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Take-off on Lanzarote.658 views
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One sun beam illuminated a narrow strip of land.656 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.654 views
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... and towards the north.653 views
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Spinach ravioli - very good! :)653 views
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One part of the beach is sandy.652 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.651 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.651 views
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A roundabout.651 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)650 views
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The sun behind the clouds shone on the sea.650 views
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A house with a view.648 views
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The dune.648 views
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Our Opel Corsa.647 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. ;)646 views
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A windsurfer.646 views
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Patterns of the ground.644 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.644 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.644 views
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An inland lake in Morocco.643 views
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There was a lookout point ...643 views
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Yellow dunes.643 views
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The bay.642 views
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A cat sat underneath our table the whole time we ate. This love-struck look was intended for Peter. :)642 views
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Colorful hills.641 views
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Kiddie pool.639 views
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Seagulls.638 views
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People slide down the dunes or even make cartwheels.638 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.637 views
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The town of El Cotillo has a steep, almost inaccessible shore.636 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.636 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.636 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.635 views
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Some waves spray over ten meters high when they crash into the rocks.635 views
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Peter had fun photographing the water fountain.634 views
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I wanted to see Los Molinos again to shoot it in a more favorable light.634 views
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Again, the place is ideal to sit down and listen to the sea.634 views
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Dark and rainy here, but far in the distance the sun was setting.634 views
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I just stood in the water, letting the waves lap at me and taking photos.633 views
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In the plane.633 views
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We were already in the clouds.633 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.632 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.632 views
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A dune and a photographer.632 views
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The outskirts of La Oliva.632 views
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A red valley.632 views
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Salt evaporation ponds with a footbridge.631 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.631 views
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Into the sun.631 views
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More Algerian landscapes.630 views
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One of the many beaches along the coast.630 views
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Ominous clouds approached from the inland to cover the picturesque village.630 views
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Our car down below.630 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.629 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.629 views
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No dogs. Ironically, we saw three dogs - and no humans. :)629 views
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The food was surprisingly good! Way to go, Niki Air!628 views
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Back at the village after the dark clouds had disappeared.628 views
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The island is supposed to be famous for goats, but we only saw a handful the whole week.628 views
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When we had had enough of the sand, we headed south. The landscape around La Oliva is spectacular.626 views
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Last view of Lanzarote.626 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.625 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.625 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. :)625 views
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It was warm enough so we decided to go for a swim.625 views
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And they are really scenic.624 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.624 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.623 views
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Enjoying the wind.623 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?622 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.622 views
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A white road and a red road.622 views
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My little waterproof Olympus came in handy.622 views
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A Moroccan town.621 views
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On the way to Los Molinos.621 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.620 views
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Climbing the dune.619 views
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Climbing the dune.619 views
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Sand.619 views
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From above it's easy to see how arid Lanzarote is.618 views
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The terraces appeared to have been deserted.618 views
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Los Molinos in the late afternoon light.617 views
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My footsteps.617 views
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A port town close to Oran, Algeria.616 views
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Los Molinos is a small villages of maybe ten houses set on a beach and surrounded by magnificent cliffs.616 views
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Moonscape with the sea in the background.616 views
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Belts of sand formed by the tide.616 views
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There's obviously enough moisture for some plants to grow.616 views
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A road divides the sea and the dunes.614 views
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The valley of Vallebrón is full of terraces.614 views
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Limestone.614 views
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A very imaginative letter box.612 views
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Our lunch, a sea food platter. It was delicious.612 views
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On the dune.612 views
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A lookout on the cliff.611 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.611 views
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Puffy clouds above Northern Africa.610 views
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The area around the village of La Oliva is spectacular in its reddish colors.610 views
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It reminded me of some Greek islands.610 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.610 views
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A small green forest. I mean really small.610 views
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The Betancuria pass was cloudy and dreary.610 views
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At the end of the trail there are a couple of caves that are accessible to public.610 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.610 views
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Green patches of Lanzarote.610 views
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Deserted sandy beach.609 views
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Faro del Tostón.609 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.609 views
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The bay.609 views
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Coast close to Oran, Algeria.608 views
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One.608 views
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We parked the car and walked to the beach. Beach chairs and umbreally can be rented.608 views
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Every hotel has a swimming pool! ;)607 views
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Yep, the water is cold.607 views
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The light was slowly becoming stronger as the sun rose.607 views
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Remember these hills?607 views
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At the Betancuria pass again. The clouds had descended almost all the way down to the road.607 views
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In the car along the desert road.607 views
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Patterns in the sand were amazing.605 views
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Number 6.604 views
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Lots of greenery around the resort is actually deceiving as the island itself is not nearly as green.602 views
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I noticed an unusual structure at the side of the church.602 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.602 views
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"Cracks" in the ground.602 views
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Waves overflowing a rocky barrier in front of the cliffs.602 views
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Waiting for the take-off at the Fuerteventura airport.602 views
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From the road along the peninsula.601 views
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A red mountain.601 views
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From the hill the views were breathtaking.601 views
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Only rare plants grow in the desert.600 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.600 views
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Green window.600 views
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Play of light and shadow.599 views
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A sand dune extending from the hill to the beach.599 views
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On the way back the weather didn't cease to show its dramatic side.599 views
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Puerto del Rosario from above.599 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.598 views
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A scrawny little bush in the sand.598 views
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The coast through the dirty window. :(598 views
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Corralejo and its desert.598 views
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Would you like to live there?597 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.597 views
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The air traffic is quite busy.597 views
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An older house. I love the lamp.596 views
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A rock in the sand.596 views
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A volcanic cone.596 views
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A windmill.596 views
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Looking out the cave.596 views
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Our next stop was the village of Las Playitas.595 views
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Small village Majanicho in the north. Again, no people anywhere.595 views
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We found this littly cactus with long thorns.595 views
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The cliffs and the waves.595 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?594 views
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Colorful houses.594 views
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I don't know where all the inhabitants were, but we didn't see a soul.593 views
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We sped back under dark clouds and past some red mountains.593 views
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Just outside La Oliva after sunset.593 views
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The dune.593 views
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The coastal road.592 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.592 views
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