Photo Journal

Ana Pogačar


Most viewed - May 2009
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... perfect for long walks ...2002 views
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I liked the peak in the distance - what a shape. ;)1615 views
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A long stretch of sand.1588 views
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The (only) loval restaurant was closed, but I loved its back entrance.1460 views
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We had a high-jump competition of sorts - did I jump high enough? :)1098 views
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Down the cliff the rocks were overgrown with green algae.1077 views
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It was scorching hot and the promenade was deserted.1048 views
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Road.935 views
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Swimming in the pools is not allowed after 7 p.m. Can you believe it?917 views
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Of course I managed to prick my finger on it. :(830 views
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We then drove on a dirt road along the coast. Peter was happy. :)767 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.762 views
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Looooong beach ...746 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.715 views
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Lanzarote landscape.708 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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Colored hills.696 views
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The beach was deserted.664 views
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A typical bus stop along the road. Main roads are, btw, very good - paved and in a good shape.643 views
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Did I say I was through with patterns? ;)629 views
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Isla de los Lobos is just a short boat ride away.620 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)616 views
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Back at the dunes I still found new things to photograph.616 views
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From the pass we descended down to the main road.615 views
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A Cofete house.612 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.611 views
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More white sandy beaches.611 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.610 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.609 views
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A black rock.608 views
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The pretty white church of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria with a black bell tower in La Oliva.604 views
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Waves.602 views
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Lanzarote landscape.600 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.598 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. ;)595 views
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The sun behind the clouds shone on the sea.595 views
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Spinach ravioli - very good! :)595 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.594 views
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At the end of the valley there is a fantastic lookout point from a pass towards the west.594 views
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One sun beam illuminated a narrow strip of land.594 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.594 views
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Our Opel Corsa.593 views
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One part of the beach is sandy.593 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.592 views
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A house with a view.592 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. ;)591 views
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I wanted to see Los Molinos again to shoot it in a more favorable light.589 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.588 views
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Low tide.587 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.586 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.586 views
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People slide down the dunes or even make cartwheels.585 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.583 views
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Take-off on Lanzarote.583 views
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Kiddie pool.582 views
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Yellow dunes.581 views
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The dune.581 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.579 views
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Seagulls.579 views
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The outskirts of La Oliva.579 views
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Ominous clouds approached from the inland to cover the picturesque village.579 views
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A windsurfer.579 views
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In the plane.579 views
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Patterns of the ground.578 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)578 views
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Climbing the dune.577 views
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Again, the place is ideal to sit down and listen to the sea.577 views
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A roundabout.577 views
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One of the many beaches along the coast.576 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.576 views
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No dogs. Ironically, we saw three dogs - and no humans. :)576 views
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Some waves spray over ten meters high when they crash into the rocks.576 views
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We were already in the clouds.576 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.575 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.575 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.575 views
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The island is supposed to be famous for goats, but we only saw a handful the whole week.575 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.574 views
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Peter had fun photographing the water fountain.574 views
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There was a lookout point ...573 views
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A dune and a photographer.572 views
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Remember these hills?571 views
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More Algerian landscapes.569 views
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... and towards the north.569 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.569 views
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An inland lake in Morocco.568 views
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Last view of Lanzarote.568 views
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The food was surprisingly good! Way to go, Niki Air!567 views
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We parked the car and walked to the beach. Beach chairs and umbreally can be rented.567 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.566 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.566 views
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Climbing the dune.566 views
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The town of El Cotillo has a steep, almost inaccessible shore.565 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.565 views
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On the way to Los Molinos.565 views
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Dark and rainy here, but far in the distance the sun was setting.565 views
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Enjoying the wind.564 views
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When we had had enough of the sand, we headed south. The landscape around La Oliva is spectacular.564 views
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A cat sat underneath our table the whole time we ate. This love-struck look was intended for Peter. :)564 views
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It was warm enough so we decided to go for a swim.564 views
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I just stood in the water, letting the waves lap at me and taking photos.563 views
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And they are really scenic.562 views
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The valley of Vallebrón is full of terraces.562 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. :)561 views
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The bay.561 views
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Moonscape with the sea in the background.561 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.560 views
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At the end of the trail there are a couple of caves that are accessible to public.560 views
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Salt evaporation ponds with a footbridge.559 views
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Los Molinos is a small villages of maybe ten houses set on a beach and surrounded by magnificent cliffs.559 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.558 views
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The terraces appeared to have been deserted.558 views
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The bay.558 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.558 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.557 views
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A white road and a red road.557 views
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Into the sun.556 views
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A road divides the sea and the dunes.555 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.555 views
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Los Molinos in the late afternoon light.555 views
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The Betancuria pass was cloudy and dreary.555 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.554 views
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A port town close to Oran, Algeria.554 views
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Yep, the water is cold.554 views
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There's obviously enough moisture for some plants to grow.554 views
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My little waterproof Olympus came in handy.554 views
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Puffy clouds above Northern Africa.553 views
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It reminded me of some Greek islands.553 views
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Coast close to Oran, Algeria.552 views
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From above it's easy to see how arid Lanzarote is.552 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?552 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.552 views
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A Moroccan town.551 views
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Every hotel has a swimming pool! ;)551 views
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Faro del Tostón.551 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.551 views
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Green patches of Lanzarote.551 views
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One.550 views
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Only rare plants grow in the desert.550 views
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A lookout on the cliff.550 views
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In the car along the desert road.550 views
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Waiting for the take-off at the Fuerteventura airport.550 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.549 views
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"Cracks" in the ground.549 views
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A very imaginative letter box.548 views
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Just outside La Oliva after sunset.548 views
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Back at the village after the dark clouds had disappeared.548 views
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Our lunch, a sea food platter. It was delicious.548 views
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A red valley.548 views
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Our car down below.548 views
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Belts of sand formed by the tide.548 views
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A small green forest. I mean really small.547 views
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From the road along the peninsula.547 views
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On the dune.547 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.546 views
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Colorful hills.546 views
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Patterns in the sand were amazing.545 views
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Typical architecture.545 views
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The air traffic is quite busy.544 views
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Puerto del Rosario from above.544 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.543 views
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I noticed an unusual structure at the side of the church.543 views
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My footsteps.543 views
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A scrawny little bush in the sand.542 views
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Puertito de los Molinos.542 views
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From the hill the views were breathtaking.542 views
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On the way back the weather didn't cease to show its dramatic side.542 views
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At the Betancuria pass again. The clouds had descended almost all the way down to the road.542 views
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The light was slowly becoming stronger as the sun rose.541 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.541 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.541 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.541 views
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The village of Tindaya.541 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.541 views
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Sand.541 views
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Lots of greenery around the resort is actually deceiving as the island itself is not nearly as green.540 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.540 views
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We found this littly cactus with long thorns.540 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.540 views
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The city beach.540 views
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A rock in the sand.540 views
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I don't know where all the inhabitants were, but we didn't see a soul.539 views
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The coastal road.539 views
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A sand dune extending from the hill to the beach.539 views
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The area around the village of La Oliva is spectacular in its reddish colors.538 views
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Corralejo and its desert.538 views
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One more look before returning.537 views
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Only sporadic sun rays illuminated the landscape, or in this case, the village of Tindaya.537 views
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Limestone.537 views
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The beach.537 views
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The clouds obscured the sun, which is not a good thing when it's windy and you're wet. ;)537 views
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Our next stop was the village of Las Playitas.536 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.536 views
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The cliffs and the waves.536 views
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Arid slopes.536 views
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The dune.536 views
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The coast through the dirty window. :(536 views
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Would you like to live there?535 views
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Waves overflowing a rocky barrier in front of the cliffs.535 views
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Just before landing on Lanzarote.535 views
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