 Most viewed - May 2009
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... perfect for long walks ...2174 views
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A long stretch of sand.1779 views
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I liked the peak in the distance - what a shape. ;)1777 views
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The (only) loval restaurant was closed, but I loved its back entrance.1648 views
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We had a high-jump competition of sorts - did I jump high enough? :)1281 views
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Down the cliff the rocks were overgrown with green algae.1248 views
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It was scorching hot and the promenade was deserted.1203 views
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Swimming in the pools is not allowed after 7 p.m. Can you believe it?1104 views
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Road.1068 views
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Of course I managed to prick my finger on it. :(1009 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.961 views
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We then drove on a dirt road along the coast. Peter was happy. :)958 views
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Lanzarote landscape.925 views
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Looooong beach ...918 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.897 views
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Colored hills.896 views
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The beach was deserted.873 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.856 views
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Isla de los Lobos is just a short boat ride away.833 views
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Did I say I was through with patterns? ;)819 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.817 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.811 views
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Low tide.809 views
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From the pass we descended down to the main road.804 views
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Back at the dunes I still found new things to photograph.799 views
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More white sandy beaches.798 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.796 views
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One part of the beach is sandy.794 views
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Waves.791 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.790 views
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A typical bus stop along the road. Main roads are, btw, very good - paved and in a good shape.789 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. ;)785 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.783 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.781 views
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At the end of the valley there is a fantastic lookout point from a pass towards the west.781 views
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A black rock.780 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.779 views
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Lanzarote landscape.778 views
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Patterns of the ground.775 views
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A Cofete house.773 views
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The dune.773 views
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The pretty white church of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria with a black bell tower in La Oliva.772 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. ;)771 views
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A house with a view.770 views
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I wanted to see Los Molinos again to shoot it in a more favorable light.769 views
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A roundabout.769 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.768 views
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Spinach ravioli - very good! :)763 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.762 views
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The outskirts of La Oliva.760 views
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Take-off on Lanzarote.760 views
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An inland lake in Morocco.758 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.758 views
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The sun behind the clouds shone on the sea.758 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.757 views
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The terraces appeared to have been deserted.756 views
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No dogs. Ironically, we saw three dogs - and no humans. :)756 views
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One sun beam illuminated a narrow strip of land.756 views
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A red valley.755 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.754 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.753 views
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Yellow dunes.753 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)753 views
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The town of El Cotillo has a steep, almost inaccessible shore.752 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.752 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.752 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.750 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)750 views
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One of the many beaches along the coast.749 views
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A very imaginative letter box.749 views
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Peter had fun photographing the water fountain.749 views
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Enjoying the wind.748 views
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We were already in the clouds.747 views
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More Algerian landscapes.744 views
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Our Opel Corsa.743 views
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Moonscape with the sea in the background.743 views
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Sand.743 views
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And they are really scenic.741 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.741 views
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Belts of sand formed by the tide.741 views
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Again, the place is ideal to sit down and listen to the sea.740 views
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The food was surprisingly good! Way to go, Niki Air!738 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.737 views
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The valley of Vallebrón is full of terraces.737 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.736 views
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A port town close to Oran, Algeria.735 views
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Kiddie pool.735 views
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A dune and a photographer.735 views
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On the way to Los Molinos.735 views
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Los Molinos in the late afternoon light.735 views
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Ominous clouds approached from the inland to cover the picturesque village.735 views
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A windsurfer.733 views
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A road divides the sea and the dunes.731 views
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When we had had enough of the sand, we headed south. The landscape around La Oliva is spectacular.731 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.730 views
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We parked the car and walked to the beach. Beach chairs and umbreally can be rented.730 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?729 views
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... and towards the north.729 views
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One.728 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.728 views
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Just outside La Oliva after sunset.728 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.727 views
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It was warm enough so we decided to go for a swim.727 views
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In the plane.727 views
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Last view of Lanzarote.727 views
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Salt evaporation ponds with a footbridge.725 views
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A Moroccan town.724 views
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Every hotel has a swimming pool! ;)724 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. :)724 views
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The island is supposed to be famous for goats, but we only saw a handful the whole week.724 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.723 views
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A cat sat underneath our table the whole time we ate. This love-struck look was intended for Peter. :)722 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.722 views
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I just stood in the water, letting the waves lap at me and taking photos.722 views
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Seagulls.721 views
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The area around the village of La Oliva is spectacular in its reddish colors.720 views
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The bay.720 views
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Into the sun.720 views
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Coast close to Oran, Algeria.719 views
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The mists of the horizon prevented the sunrise from being spectacular. The light was weak and pretty colorless.719 views
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A volcanic cone.719 views
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There's obviously enough moisture for some plants to grow.719 views
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Los Molinos is a small villages of maybe ten houses set on a beach and surrounded by magnificent cliffs.718 views
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A small green forest. I mean really small.718 views
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The village of Tindaya.718 views
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My little waterproof Olympus came in handy.718 views
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Climbing the dune.717 views
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People slide down the dunes or even make cartwheels.717 views
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Our car down below.717 views
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From the hill the views were breathtaking.717 views
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My footsteps.717 views
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From above it's easy to see how arid Lanzarote is.716 views
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The light was slowly becoming stronger as the sun rose.716 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.716 views
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A white road and a red road.716 views
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Corralejo and its desert.716 views
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Only rare plants grow in the desert.715 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.715 views
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On the dune.715 views
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In the car along the desert road.715 views
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Puffy clouds above Northern Africa.714 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.714 views
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Some waves spray over ten meters high when they crash into the rocks.714 views
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A sand dune extending from the hill to the beach.713 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.712 views
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Remember these hills?712 views
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Strange-looking flowers.712 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.711 views
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The bay.711 views
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Yep, the water is cold.710 views
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Dark and rainy here, but far in the distance the sun was setting.710 views
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Green patches of Lanzarote.710 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.709 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.709 views
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Typical architecture.709 views
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Play of light and shadow.709 views
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Puerto del Rosario from above.709 views
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The coastal road.708 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.708 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.708 views
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A scrawny little bush in the sand.708 views
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A windmill.707 views
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The rocky beach at Los Molinos.707 views
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Puertito de los Molinos.707 views
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It reminded me of some Greek islands.706 views
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O hai! :)706 views
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Waiting for the take-off at the Fuerteventura airport.706 views
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Green waves.705 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.705 views
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Only sporadic sun rays illuminated the landscape, or in this case, the village of Tindaya.705 views
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The Betancuria pass was cloudy and dreary.705 views
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Waves overflowing a rocky barrier in front of the cliffs.705 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.704 views
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The beach is ideal for long walks.703 views
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From the road along the peninsula.703 views
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Colorful hills.703 views
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Lots of greenery around the resort is actually deceiving as the island itself is not nearly as green.702 views
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There was a lookout point ...701 views
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The landscape amazed me.701 views
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Patterns in the sand were amazing.701 views
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The city beach.701 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.700 views
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Road.700 views
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The air traffic is quite busy.700 views
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Interesting wisps of clouds.699 views
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I noticed an unusual structure at the side of the church.698 views
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Climbing the dune.698 views
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Our lunch, a sea food platter. It was delicious.698 views
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The beach.698 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.697 views
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Las Salinas del Carmen.697 views
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The landscape is barren and almost devoid of settlements, just a house here and there.697 views
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Deserted sandy beach.697 views
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Faro del Tostón.697 views
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A rock in the sand.697 views
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Green window.697 views
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Arid slopes.697 views
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The dune.697 views
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Our next stop was the village of Las Playitas.696 views
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To the south there is a series of sandy beaches and more cliffs in the distance.696 views
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