 Most viewed - May 2009
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Red glow on a mountain.460 views
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Patterns in the sand were amazing.459 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.459 views
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O hai! :)459 views
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A red mountain.459 views
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Green patches of Lanzarote.459 views
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Kiddie pool at night.458 views
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The landscape is barren and almost devoid of settlements, just a house here and there.458 views
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A rock in the sand.458 views
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Turbulent waters.458 views
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Lonely streets of Ajuy.458 views
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Puerto del Rosario from above.458 views
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From above it's easy to see how arid Lanzarote is.457 views
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Would you like to live there?457 views
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A small green forest. I mean really small.457 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.457 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?457 views
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Back at the Sotavento beach. First we climbed the hill above the beach.457 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.456 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.456 views
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Cofete.456 views
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From the cliff.456 views
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Just before landing on Lanzarote.456 views
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At another lookout point at the top of another pass there were two giant statues of men in thongs. :)455 views
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Is that a snake trail?455 views
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The wind never stops blowing.454 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.454 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.454 views
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By noon we made it to Ajuy, a coastal village with a black sandy beach and some interesting cliffs.454 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.453 views
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... with nothing but the desert and the water all around.453 views
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Yes, there was one person! Miracle! :)453 views
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At the end of the El Cotillo area there is Faro del Tostón, a red-and-white striped lighthouse.453 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.453 views
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A golf course on Lanzarote.452 views
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Purple skies in the evening.452 views
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I noticed an unusual structure at the side of the church.452 views
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Small village Majanicho in the north. Again, no people anywhere.452 views
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We found this littly cactus with long thorns.452 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)452 views
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Deserted sandy beach.451 views
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... and saw an imposing structure on top of a hill. "What the hell is this?" we thought.451 views
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There's a footpath on top of the limestone cliffs that leads to some caves.451 views
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Shores of an inland lake in Morocco.450 views
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The village of Vega del Río de Palmas has a picturesque plaza with a church.450 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.450 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.450 views
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Play of light and shadow.450 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.449 views
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Moonscape.449 views
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Road.449 views
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An older house. I love the lamp.448 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.448 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.447 views
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Moon-like landscapes abound.447 views
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The thunder of crashing waves is deafening.447 views
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Hard terrain mixed with the soft dunes.447 views
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All the time the wind kept sweeping the sand over the dunes (and into us!).447 views
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The position of the lighthouse is really impressive.446 views
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The mists of the horizon prevented the sunrise from being spectacular. The light was weak and pretty colorless.446 views
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The light was slowly becoming stronger as the sun rose.446 views
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Shades of nature's colors.446 views
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Green waves.445 views
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The area around the village of La Oliva is spectacular in its reddish colors.445 views
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Strange-looking flowers.445 views
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A river snaking its way through the desert.444 views
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The view of the bay and the village.444 views
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Green doorways.444 views
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No, I had no intention of going there anyway. ;)443 views
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The coastal road.443 views
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The church in Pájara with a lush and shady park.442 views
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The walk along the trail is pleasant, but it was hot and humid and windless that day.442 views
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An inn? We never found out, the place was closed and there was absolutely nobody. Completely abandoned.441 views
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This fortress overlooks the steep bay.441 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.441 views
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Yellow slopes.441 views
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Number 6.441 views
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To the south there is a series of sandy beaches and more cliffs in the distance.440 views
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We sped back under dark clouds and past some red mountains.440 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.440 views
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A coastal town on Lanzarote.439 views
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A whale skeleton. It's huge. Compare it with Peter, who is "only" 195 cm tall. ;)439 views
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The clouds were gracious enough to grant us one single sun ray. :)439 views
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Rolling hills.438 views
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After ten minutes at the beach we headed to the dunes. I wonder which animal made these tracks. :)438 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.438 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.437 views
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Terraces.436 views
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Typical colors: white and green.435 views
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... high above the sea ...435 views
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You can only stop at a few designated places.435 views
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The harsh landscapes with sparse vegetation is very scenic.434 views
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There is also a museum next to the lighthouse, but it was closed when we were there.434 views
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Las Salinas del Carmen.433 views
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The village square.433 views
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Waves crashing against the rocks.433 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.432 views
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Peter at the top of the dune.432 views
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The lagoons around it offer calm waters in contrast with the raging waves crashing against the outer shore.432 views
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The sun was hiding again as it had been almost every day around sunset.432 views
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After scouting this lookout the previous day, we returned the following morning, but the weather didn't cooperate much.432 views
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On the road close to La Oliva we basked in the late afternoon light.431 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.431 views
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Moonscape.431 views
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Dune.430 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.430 views
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The view towards the west and the sea.430 views
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More patterns.429 views
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There's a path to the nearby cliff which you can climb with some great views.428 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.427 views
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Several dirt roads deep down in the valley.426 views
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Cactus detail.426 views
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Here the sand is white and not yellow as around Corralejo.425 views
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Apart from green, blue is also a popular color for house paint.424 views
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Peter was just as trigger-happy as me. :)424 views
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Cliffs in the distance.424 views
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An obligatory fish-eye shot. ;) Yes, the sea is almost 200 meters down below.423 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.419 views
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Later on we stopped in the town of Pájara. Peter wsa dwarfed by a giant cactus.419 views
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Curves.418 views
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Windswept sandy beaches strewn with rocks.418 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.418 views
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We heard that there is a lighthouse not far from Las Playitas. We drove along this valley ...413 views
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A dune.413 views
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A pile of salt.410 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.409 views
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Las Playitas from the inland side: it looks like a white village in the middle of the desert.408 views
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Most roads were lined with this red plant with small leaves.404 views
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The road on the other side of the valley.400 views
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Flower.387 views
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