 Most viewed - May 2009
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... perfect for long walks ...2289 views
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A long stretch of sand.1913 views
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I liked the peak in the distance - what a shape. ;)1902 views
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The (only) loval restaurant was closed, but I loved its back entrance.1784 views
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We had a high-jump competition of sorts - did I jump high enough? :)1365 views
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Down the cliff the rocks were overgrown with green algae.1352 views
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It was scorching hot and the promenade was deserted.1298 views
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Swimming in the pools is not allowed after 7 p.m. Can you believe it?1192 views
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Road.1172 views
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Of course I managed to prick my finger on it. :(1163 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.1120 views
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We then drove on a dirt road along the coast. Peter was happy. :)1091 views
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Looooong beach ...1080 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.1040 views
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The beach was deserted.1029 views
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Lanzarote landscape.1021 views
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Colored hills.993 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.948 views
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Isla de los Lobos is just a short boat ride away.936 views
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Low tide.928 views
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Back at the dunes I still found new things to photograph.927 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.926 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.921 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.919 views
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More white sandy beaches.909 views
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Did I say I was through with patterns? ;)908 views
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From the pass we descended down to the main road.903 views
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A black rock.903 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.899 views
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A Cofete house.897 views
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Patterns of the ground.895 views
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One part of the beach is sandy.895 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.890 views
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The dune.890 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.888 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. ;)886 views
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Spinach ravioli - very good! :)886 views
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A typical bus stop along the road. Main roads are, btw, very good - paved and in a good shape.885 views
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At the end of the valley there is a fantastic lookout point from a pass towards the west.885 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.880 views
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The pretty white church of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria with a black bell tower in La Oliva.880 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. ;)879 views
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Waves.878 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.876 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.876 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)875 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.875 views
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Lanzarote landscape.874 views
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The terraces appeared to have been deserted.872 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.871 views
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I wanted to see Los Molinos again to shoot it in a more favorable light.870 views
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A red valley.870 views
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An inland lake in Morocco.869 views
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The outskirts of La Oliva.869 views
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A port town close to Oran, Algeria.868 views
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Enjoying the wind.867 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.866 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)866 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.865 views
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A house with a view.865 views
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Belts of sand formed by the tide.864 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.863 views
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A roundabout.863 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.862 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.861 views
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When we had had enough of the sand, we headed south. The landscape around La Oliva is spectacular.859 views
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A very imaginative letter box.857 views
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The town of El Cotillo has a steep, almost inaccessible shore.857 views
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The sun behind the clouds shone on the sea.855 views
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No dogs. Ironically, we saw three dogs - and no humans. :)853 views
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The valley of Vallebrón is full of terraces.852 views
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Take-off on Lanzarote.852 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.851 views
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One sun beam illuminated a narrow strip of land.851 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.850 views
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Peter had fun photographing the water fountain.850 views
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One of the many beaches along the coast.846 views
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We parked the car and walked to the beach. Beach chairs and umbreally can be rented.846 views
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And they are really scenic.843 views
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My footsteps.842 views
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More Algerian landscapes.841 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.840 views
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Just outside La Oliva after sunset.839 views
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Moonscape with the sea in the background.839 views
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In the plane.839 views
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A dune and a photographer.838 views
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We were already in the clouds.838 views
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One.837 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.837 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.837 views
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The food was surprisingly good! Way to go, Niki Air!836 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?836 views
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Road.836 views
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Kiddie pool.835 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.835 views
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The island is supposed to be famous for goats, but we only saw a handful the whole week.835 views
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A windsurfer.835 views
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The area around the village of La Oliva is spectacular in its reddish colors.834 views
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... and towards the north.834 views
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Salt evaporation ponds with a footbridge.833 views
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Yellow dunes.833 views
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There's obviously enough moisture for some plants to grow.833 views
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Our Opel Corsa.832 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.832 views
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Waves overflowing a rocky barrier in front of the cliffs.832 views
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Sand.832 views
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On the way to Los Molinos.831 views
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Los Molinos in the late afternoon light.831 views
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Again, the place is ideal to sit down and listen to the sea.831 views
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Last view of Lanzarote.831 views
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A scrawny little bush in the sand.830 views
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Ominous clouds approached from the inland to cover the picturesque village.830 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.830 views
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It was warm enough so we decided to go for a swim.830 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.829 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.828 views
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A cat sat underneath our table the whole time we ate. This love-struck look was intended for Peter. :)828 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.827 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.827 views
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A sand dune extending from the hill to the beach.827 views
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On the dune.827 views
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Puerto del Rosario from above.827 views
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A Moroccan town.826 views
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Only sporadic sun rays illuminated the landscape, or in this case, the village of Tindaya.826 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. :)825 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.825 views
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The village of Tindaya.825 views
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The bay.825 views
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O hai! :)825 views
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Puffy clouds above Northern Africa.824 views
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From the hill the views were breathtaking.824 views
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Every hotel has a swimming pool! ;)823 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.822 views
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I just stood in the water, letting the waves lap at me and taking photos.822 views
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Strange-looking flowers.822 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.821 views
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A windmill.820 views
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The beach.820 views
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The mists of the horizon prevented the sunrise from being spectacular. The light was weak and pretty colorless.819 views
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In the car along the desert road.819 views
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A road divides the sea and the dunes.818 views
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Beaches of Cofete.818 views
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Coast close to Oran, Algeria.817 views
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Climbing the dune.817 views
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A volcanic cone.817 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.816 views
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Seagulls.816 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.815 views
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The light was slowly becoming stronger as the sun rose.815 views
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A white road and a red road.815 views
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Colorful hills.815 views
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Los Molinos is a small villages of maybe ten houses set on a beach and surrounded by magnificent cliffs.814 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.814 views
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The bay.814 views
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Remember these hills?814 views
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My little waterproof Olympus came in handy.814 views
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Dark and rainy here, but far in the distance the sun was setting.814 views
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Corralejo and its desert.814 views
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From above it's easy to see how arid Lanzarote is.812 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.812 views
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Waiting for the take-off at the Fuerteventura airport.812 views
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People slide down the dunes or even make cartwheels.811 views
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Typical architecture.811 views
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Our car down below.811 views
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The coast through the dirty window. :(811 views
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Some waves spray over ten meters high when they crash into the rocks.810 views
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Into the sun.810 views
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Play of light and shadow.810 views
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Limestone.809 views
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Faro del Tostón.808 views
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The beach is ideal for long walks.808 views
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Our lunch, a sea food platter. It was delicious.808 views
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It reminded me of some Greek islands.807 views
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Interesting wisps of clouds.807 views
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To the south there is a series of sandy beaches and more cliffs in the distance.806 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.806 views
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The air traffic is quite busy.806 views
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Yep, the water is cold.805 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.805 views
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From the road along the peninsula.805 views
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Green window.805 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.804 views
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The rocky beach at Los Molinos.803 views
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Puertito de los Molinos.803 views
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The Betancuria pass was cloudy and dreary.803 views
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Green patches of Lanzarote.803 views
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Our next stop was the village of Las Playitas.802 views
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Only rare plants grow in the desert.802 views
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... and saw an imposing structure on top of a hill. "What the hell is this?" we thought.800 views
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A small green forest. I mean really small.800 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.800 views
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Climbing the dune.800 views
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There was a lookout point ...799 views
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A rock in the sand.799 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.798 views
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Number 6.798 views
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The beach.798 views
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After scouting this lookout the previous day, we returned the following morning, but the weather didn't cooperate much.796 views
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Green waves.795 views
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Terraces.794 views
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