 Most viewed - May 2009
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Just before landing on Lanzarote.533 views
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A windmill.532 views
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The coast through the dirty window. :(532 views
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A river snaking its way through the desert.531 views
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Expansive views back towards Betancuria ...531 views
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Deserted sandy beach.530 views
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A volcanic cone.530 views
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The wind never stops blowing.529 views
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The beach is ideal for long walks.529 views
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Beaches of Cofete.529 views
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The beach.529 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.528 views
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The mists of the horizon prevented the sunrise from being spectacular. The light was weak and pretty colorless.527 views
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Is that a snake trail?527 views
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The rocky beach at Los Molinos.527 views
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Colorful houses.527 views
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Colorful hills.527 views
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We sped back under dark clouds and past some red mountains.526 views
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Road.526 views
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Back at the Sotavento beach. First we climbed the hill above the beach.526 views
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The position of the lighthouse is really impressive.525 views
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You can only stop at a few designated places.525 views
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Small village Majanicho in the north. Again, no people anywhere.525 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.525 views
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Green window.525 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?524 views
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Strange-looking flowers.524 views
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At the end of the El Cotillo area there is Faro del Tostón, a red-and-white striped lighthouse.523 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.523 views
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Cofete.523 views
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Lonely streets of Ajuy.523 views
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No, I had no intention of going there anyway. ;)522 views
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All the time the wind kept sweeping the sand over the dunes (and into us!).522 views
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In the cave.522 views
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Looking out the cave.522 views
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A panoramic view of the bay.522 views
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Kiddie pool at night.521 views
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The village of Vega del Río de Palmas has a picturesque plaza with a church.521 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.521 views
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Number 6.521 views
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An older house. I love the lamp.520 views
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To the south there is a series of sandy beaches and more cliffs in the distance.520 views
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Play of light and shadow.520 views
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Approaching over a tourist resort on Fuerteventura.519 views
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The thunder of crashing waves is deafening.519 views
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... and saw an imposing structure on top of a hill. "What the hell is this?" we thought.519 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.519 views
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The landscape is barren and almost devoid of settlements, just a house here and there.517 views
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Moon-like landscapes abound.517 views
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Dune.517 views
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Yes, there was one person! Miracle! :)517 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)517 views
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O hai! :)517 views
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Fuerteventura is a very windy island so people have made use of the wind power since ancient times. And yes, that's me. :)516 views
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Red glow on a mountain.516 views
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After a quick stop at the Lanzarote airport we took off again for a short hop to the next island.515 views
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Interesting wisps of clouds.515 views
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It's difficult to stop anywhere along the roads as the shoulders are very high, so the only option is to pull over on a side road.514 views
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Returning to the north we stopped at the Corralejo dunes. Yellow sand and turquoise sea, it was a beautiful sight.513 views
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Hard terrain mixed with the soft dunes.513 views
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This fortress overlooks the steep bay.513 views
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After ten minutes at the beach we headed to the dunes. I wonder which animal made these tracks. :)512 views
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Shores of an inland lake in Morocco.511 views
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The view of the bay and the village.511 views
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A coastal town on Lanzarote.510 views
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It turned out this was the lighthouse we were headed to! On top of a 200-meter cliff, it offered fantastic views.510 views
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... high above the sea ...510 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.510 views
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After scouting this lookout the previous day, we returned the following morning, but the weather didn't cooperate much.510 views
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A golf course on Lanzarote.509 views
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A whale skeleton. It's huge. Compare it with Peter, who is "only" 195 cm tall. ;)509 views
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Yellow slopes.509 views
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The clouds were gracious enough to grant us one single sun ray. :)509 views
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Road.509 views
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Turbulent waters.509 views
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From the cliff.509 views
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The church in Pájara with a lush and shady park.508 views
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A red mountain.508 views
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Green waves.507 views
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Waves crashing against the rocks.507 views
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They eat out of your hand or try to grab hold of the goodie to eat it somewhere hidden where there's no danger another squirrel will steal the food.507 views
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At another lookout point at the top of another pass there were two giant statues of men in thongs. :)507 views
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The weather was clearing up while we were sitting on top of the cliff, enjoyed the views and drank beer. :)507 views
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Las Salinas del Carmen.506 views
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... with nothing but the desert and the water all around.506 views
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The harsh landscapes with sparse vegetation is very scenic.506 views
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There's a footpath on top of the limestone cliffs that leads to some caves.505 views
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Typical colors: white and green.504 views
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On the road close to La Oliva we basked in the late afternoon light.504 views
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There is also a museum next to the lighthouse, but it was closed when we were there.503 views
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Moonscape.503 views
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Purple skies in the evening.502 views
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Peter was just as trigger-happy as me. :)502 views
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Shades of nature's colors.502 views
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Rolling hills.501 views
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Cactus detail.500 views
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By noon we made it to Ajuy, a coastal village with a black sandy beach and some interesting cliffs.500 views
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Moonscape.499 views
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There's a path to the nearby cliff which you can climb with some great views.498 views
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Peter at the top of the dune.498 views
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More patterns.498 views
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Windswept sandy beaches strewn with rocks.498 views
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An inn? We never found out, the place was closed and there was absolutely nobody. Completely abandoned.497 views
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One of the largest dunes probably pale in comparison with, let's say, Namib dunes, but I enjoyed the photoshoot anyway.497 views
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Terraces.497 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.496 views
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The walk along the trail is pleasant, but it was hot and humid and windless that day.496 views
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Green doorways.496 views
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The village square.495 views
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Just before returning home we drove to the village of El Cottilo to admire the cliffs and long, wind-swept beaches.495 views
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Cliffs in the distance.495 views
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The lagoons around it offer calm waters in contrast with the raging waves crashing against the outer shore.494 views
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Here the sand is white and not yellow as around Corralejo.494 views
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The sun was hiding again as it had been almost every day around sunset.493 views
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An obligatory fish-eye shot. ;) Yes, the sea is almost 200 meters down below.492 views
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Several dirt roads deep down in the valley.491 views
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Curves.491 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.489 views
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A bit more to the south there are the salt pans of Las Salinas. The light was terrible but at least there weren't many visitors so we had the place almost to ourselves.486 views
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We heard that there is a lighthouse not far from Las Playitas. We drove along this valley ...486 views
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Later on we stopped in the town of Pájara. Peter wsa dwarfed by a giant cactus.486 views
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The view towards the west and the sea.481 views
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Apart from green, blue is also a popular color for house paint.479 views
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The road on the other side of the valley.477 views
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A dune.476 views
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A pile of salt.474 views
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The return trip back to the north where we were staying was spectacular again. The road between Pájara and Betancuria, lined with picturesque white stones, twists across a pass.474 views
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Flower.473 views
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Las Playitas from the inland side: it looks like a white village in the middle of the desert.470 views
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Most roads were lined with this red plant with small leaves.465 views
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