 Most viewed - May 2009
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A lookout on the cliff.369 views
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Lanzarote landscape.369 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.368 views
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The rocky beach at Los Molinos.368 views
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The dune.368 views
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There was a lookout point ...367 views
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A Cofete house.367 views
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Interesting wisps of clouds.367 views
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Green doorways.367 views
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A river snaking its way through the desert.366 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.366 views
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Patterns in the sand were amazing.366 views
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From the road along the peninsula.366 views
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Play of light and shadow.366 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. :)366 views
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The beach.366 views
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Green patches of Lanzarote.366 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.365 views
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Only rare plants grow in the desert.365 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.365 views
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An older house. I love the lamp.364 views
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Is that a snake trail?364 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.364 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.364 views
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Shores of an inland lake in Morocco.363 views
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Peter at the top of the dune.363 views
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Road.363 views
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Road.363 views
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O hai! :)363 views
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A very imaginative letter box.362 views
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Yes, there was one person! Miracle! :)362 views
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There is also a museum next to the lighthouse, but it was closed when we were there.362 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.362 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)362 views
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Moonscape.362 views
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Back at the Sotavento beach. First we climbed the hill above the beach.362 views
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The beach.362 views
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A coastal town on Lanzarote.361 views
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A whale skeleton. It's huge. Compare it with Peter, who is "only" 195 cm tall. ;)361 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?361 views
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An inn? We never found out, the place was closed and there was absolutely nobody. Completely abandoned.361 views
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Expansive views back towards Betancuria ...361 views
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The town of El Cotillo has a steep, almost inaccessible shore.361 views
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The beach is ideal for long walks.361 views
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There's a footpath on top of the limestone cliffs that leads to some caves.361 views
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Colorful houses.361 views
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Colorful hills.361 views
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A golf course on Lanzarote.360 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.360 views
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The landscape is barren and almost devoid of settlements, just a house here and there.359 views
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Moonscape.359 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.358 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.358 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.358 views
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A rock in the sand.358 views
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After scouting this lookout the previous day, we returned the following morning, but the weather didn't cooperate much.358 views
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The clouds were gracious enough to grant us one single sun ray. :)358 views
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The view towards the west and the sea.358 views
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From above it's easy to see how arid Lanzarote is.357 views
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Deserted sandy beach.357 views
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From the cliff.357 views
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No, I had no intention of going there anyway. ;)356 views
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Green waves.356 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. :)356 views
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We found this littly cactus with long thorns.356 views
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A pile of salt.355 views
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Our next stop was the village of Las Playitas.355 views
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On the road close to La Oliva we basked in the late afternoon light.355 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.355 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.354 views
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... and saw an imposing structure on top of a hill. "What the hell is this?" we thought.353 views
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After ten minutes at the beach we headed to the dunes. I wonder which animal made these tracks. :)353 views
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All the time the wind kept sweeping the sand over the dunes (and into us!).353 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)353 views
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Would you like to live there?352 views
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This fortress overlooks the steep bay.352 views
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Moon-like landscapes abound.351 views
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Apart from green, blue is also a popular color for house paint.351 views
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The mists of the horizon prevented the sunrise from being spectacular. The light was weak and pretty colorless.351 views
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A small green forest. I mean really small.351 views
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Small village Majanicho in the north. Again, no people anywhere.351 views
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I don't know where all the inhabitants were, but we didn't see a soul.350 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.350 views
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I noticed an unusual structure at the side of the church.349 views
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The coastal road.349 views
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The position of the lighthouse is really impressive.347 views
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To the south there is a series of sandy beaches and more cliffs in the distance.347 views
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The landscape amazed me.346 views
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Faro del Tostón.346 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.346 views
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The area around the village of La Oliva is spectacular in its reddish colors.345 views
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The village of Vega del Río de Palmas has a picturesque plaza with a church.345 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.345 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.344 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.344 views
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Dune.344 views
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Several dirt roads deep down in the valley.343 views
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The church in Pájara with a lush and shady park.343 views
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A dune.343 views
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Terraces.343 views
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The village square.342 views
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The wind never stops blowing.342 views
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Windswept sandy beaches strewn with rocks.342 views
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An obligatory fish-eye shot. ;) Yes, the sea is almost 200 meters down below.341 views
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The road on the other side of the valley.341 views
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The harsh landscapes with sparse vegetation is very scenic.341 views
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We sped back under dark clouds and past some red mountains.341 views
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The thunder of crashing waves is deafening.340 views
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Later on we stopped in the town of Pájara. Peter wsa dwarfed by a giant cactus.340 views
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Curves.340 views
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At the end of the El Cotillo area there is Faro del Tostón, a red-and-white striped lighthouse.340 views
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Waves crashing against the rocks.339 views
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More patterns.339 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.338 views
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You can only stop at a few designated places.337 views
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Hard terrain mixed with the soft dunes.335 views
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Here the sand is white and not yellow as around Corralejo.335 views
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Cliffs in the distance.335 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.334 views
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We heard that there is a lighthouse not far from Las Playitas. We drove along this valley ...333 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.333 views
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The light was slowly becoming stronger as the sun rose.332 views
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Cactus detail.332 views
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Typical colors: white and green.330 views
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Las Playitas from the inland side: it looks like a white village in the middle of the desert.324 views
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The lagoons around it offer calm waters in contrast with the raging waves crashing against the outer shore.324 views
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There's a path to the nearby cliff which you can climb with some great views.323 views
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The sun was hiding again as it had been almost every day around sunset.322 views
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Flower.320 views
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Most roads were lined with this red plant with small leaves.314 views
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